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Monday, March 14 2011

Got a Bad Case of the Second Season Itch? The Cure: Kill All TV Shows Before they Make Season Three

TV is better than film. The best scripts, the best acting, and the best directing are deserting the multi-plexes for the freedom of the small screen. But all TV series should die by the end of their second season.


Monday, July 26 2010

“I’m Never Quite Sure What to Expect”: An Interview with Rufus Wainwright

Just as he kicks off the next leg of the tour supporting his stark, cathartic album revolving around his mother's passing, Rufus Wainwright talks to PopMatters about Shakespeare, Stieglitz, and how the first half of his performance each night is one of the hardest things he's ever had to get through.


Wednesday, June 23 2010

Rufus Wainwright: All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu

Much as we don't go to Las Vegas looking for a quaint bed-and-breakfast, we don't go to Rufus Wainwright looking for John Denver. It is drama we seek and drama we get -- emotional spectacle of the highest order.


Monday, January 7 2008

Rufus Wainwright sings as the spirit moves him


Tuesday, August 14 2007

Rufus Wainwright’s operatic life


Thursday, May 31 2007

Rufus Wainwright: Release the Stars

More romantically-conceived dramatics from the king of baroque pop.


Wednesday, May 16 2007

Rufus Wainwright shoots for the sky with ‘Stars’


Friday, June 30 2006

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (2005)

Lian Lunson's concert documentary, Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, works against itself, with too many gushing tributes and not enough Cohen.


Rufus Wainwright: Want One (Reviews) [6.Oct.03]
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