A look at Goethe's novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and Jules Massenet's opera adaptation "Werther." I take a look at the adaptational changes in general and the Opera Orlando 2025 production in specific.

I dive into Richard Sale's novel "The White Buffalo" and revisit the 1977 film adaptation. Spoilers: It's a pretty good book.

A deep dive into the subversive Western "High Plains Drifter," a 1973 film directed by, and starring, Clint Eastwood.

A deep dive into the lyrics of Beemo's "Better Now" through the lens of the Kuleshov effect.

A look at Italian filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). Spoilers: It's really good.

A look at Studio Ghibli's 1988 anime masterpiece "Grave of the Fireflies"

A deep dive into Orlando Shakes' 2024 production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" starring University of Central Florida Masters students.

A review and deep dive into Opera Orlando's 2024 production of Verdi's "Macbeth"

A look at Orlando Ballet's 2024 production of "Romeo and Juliet" with new choreography by James Sofranko.

A look at Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. I have mixed feelings on this one...

A look at Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood," a 1957 film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth"

Enter Four Murderers - M4cbeth. An in depth look at four Macbeth films

Here's the collected blog posts I did about the first piece of the Lazarus Music Project : Josephus Fodor's String Quartet No.1, Op.11...

Part 1 of a series on film Westerns, starting with A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and the film it is a direct remake of, Yojimbo (1961)

A deep dive into one of my favorite comic book heroes: Wonder Woman. A close look at this kind of overlooked icon, her character, her meani

A look at Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel "The Bride of Lammermoor" and some comparisons with the opera it inspired "Lucia di Lammermoor"

A review and analysis of Orlando Ballet's 2024 US premier of the ballet "Casanova" by Kenneth Tindall, Kerry Muzzey, and Ian Kelly.

A look at the Moby Dick adjacent but largely forgotten film "The White Buffalo" and all the really interesting ways it's not very good.

A look at Opera Orlando's 2024 production of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor."

Part 3 of my series on Moby Dick and its adaptations, looking at Christophe Chaboute's 2017 graphic novel.