The process of watching Moses and Aaron (Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, 1975) can be a frustrating one. Adapting an opera by Arnold Schönberg, this movie refuses, for half of its runtime, to move. The narrative is one of the most dramatic (and most often-adapted) Read More …
Theological themes may not be a notable element in Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, or in most screen adaptations, but Joe Wright’s showy musical version, starring Peter Dinklage—adapted for the screen from her own stage play by Dinklage’s wife, Erica Schmidt, with songs by members Read More …
The “Disney Renaissance” of the late 1980s and early 1990s pushed the boundaries of animation by taking the formulas of Broadway musicals, applying them to fairy tales, and selling the results to grown-ups who might never have considered going to a Disney cartoon. So when Read More …