The Back Row

Out of frustration with Johannesburg Philharmonic season programmes that just list the same works and same composers over and over again, I ...

In commemoration of the latest decennial poll of the Greatest Movies of All Time from  Sight & Sound  magazine , I’m posting Top Ten lis...

In commemoration of the next decennial poll of the Greatest Movies of All Time from Sight & Sound  magazine, I’m posting Top Ten lists o...

Just a few short notes from Thursday's JPO concert, the second in this Spring Symphony Season. Justus Franz was back to conduct, and the...

The British film magazine Sight and Sound  conducts a famous decennial poll, among movie critics and directors, for the Greatest Films of Al...

I’ve just come back from seeing Olivia Wilde’s new movie, Don’t Worry Darling , and I’m very excited to report that it was a terrific undert...

This post is simply a list of movies that I like, that have been made available on Netflix, and that I hope more people find, watch, and enj...

Reading a concert programme can give a concertgoer an advance impression of the kind of experience they might undergo. A little knowledge o...

Well, the JPO has released the “new” line-up for its Winter Symphony Season, and it invites concertgoers to a challenging game of spot-the-d...

Some brief notes on Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Broadway musical and remake of the 1961 movie.  I don’t have much to say about the ...

I don’t know who would believe me if I said that I was a Barbra Streisand virgin until yesterday. It wouldn’t strictly be true; I’ve seen cl...