Charles Giuliano
Bio:
Publisher & Editor. Charles was the director of exhibitions for the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University where he taught art history and the humanities. He taugh tModern Art and the Avant-garde for Metropolitan College of Boston University. After many years as a contributor, columnist and editor for a range of print publications from Art New England, Art News, the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Herald Traveler and Patriot Ledger, to mention a few, he went on line with Maverick Arts which evolved into a website.
Recent Articles:
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The Intouchables Screened at Palm Springs Film
Charming French Comedy is a Must See
By: - Jan 20th, 2013This classy little comedy tale of Philippe, a super-rich quadriplegic (Francois Cluzet) and a young man, who goes by the name of Driss (Omar Sy) whom Philippe hires from the Parisian projects to become his caretaker, is funny, clever, poignant, and a delight, thanks mainly, to its two stars: Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy. It was screened during the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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German Spy Thriller Barbara Film
Christian Petzold Film in Palm Spring Festival
By: - Jan 20th, 2013Christian Petzold, one of Germany’s finest film directors, presents an insightful drama and character study in his screen story “Barbaraâ€. It’s a film about the effect of constantly being under suspicion and under scrutiny and how long-term repression plays on a society. The spy thriller was included in the annual Palm Springs Film Festival.
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Beasts of the Southern Wild Film
Richly Deserving Oscar Nominee
By: - Jan 18th, 2013In a field of nine "Beasts of the Southern Wild" has a snowball in hell's chance of winning an Oscar for Best Picture. It has a slim chance in the three other categories for which it has been nominated, including Best Actress for the nine-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis. While a long shot indie this is truly one of the most unique, compelling and astonishing films of the past year.
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Baba Brinkman’s The Rap Guide to Evolution Theatre
At Williams '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Feb. 8 & 9
By: - Jan 17th, 2013The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance presents a novel species of theatre that combines the wit, poetry, and charisma of a great rapper with the accuracy and rigor of a scientific expert, Baba Brinkman’s The Rap Guide to Evolution uses hip-hop as a vehicle to communicate the facts of evolution while illuminating the origins and complexities of hip-hop culture with Darwin as the inspiration.
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Mass MoCA Director Joe Thompson Two Fine Arts
Programming the Vast Building Five
By: - Jan 17th, 2013The vast vaulted space of Building Five is roughly the length and width of two, end to end, football fields. Globally, there are only a handful of similar spaces. The basic approach of artists over the last 13 years has been to jam it full or leave it relatively empty. The current installation "Phoenix" by Xu Bing realizes its full potential. In this second and final installment of an extensive dialogue Mass MoCA director Joe Thopson discusses the museum's programming and challenges.
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Melissa Ethridge at Tanglewood June 21 Music
Pops Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration June 22
By: - Jan 16th, 2013Tanglewood is filling out its dance card with pop bookings. Singer-songwriter Melissa Etthridge will be featured in the Shed on June 22 with Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration the following night. Good times will be had by all.
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Tarantino’s Dreary Django Unchained Film
What’s So Funny About Slavery
By: - Jan 16th, 2013Arguably, Quentin Tarantino is a Sam Peckinpah wannabe, washing the screen with buckets of spattering blood and piles of corpses, with, here’s the twist, a sense of humor. It's more Kill Bill this time with carnage delivered by pistols rather than swords. Yet again, heads roll, with witty dialogue.
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Modern Theatre's Spring Programming Theatre
In Boston's Theatre District
By: - Jan 15th, 2013The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University announces the programming lineup for its spring 2013 season, featuring world premiere performances and innovative explorations of classic works. The theatre is located at 525 Washington St. in Downtown Boston.
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Peabody Essex Museum Fine Arts
2013 Exhibitions
By: - Jan 15th, 2013The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass announces its schedule of exhibitions for 2013. The program kicks off with Midnight to the Boom: Painting in India after Independence From the Peabody Essex Museum’s Herwitz Collection which will be on view from February 2 through April 21.
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Newport Jazz Festival 2013 Music
Wayne Shorter's Birthday Celebration
By: - Jan 15th, 2013One year away from celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, George Wein, Producer and Chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., announces the program for the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, which will be held in Newport, RI, August 2 - 4.
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Sculptor Billy Lee Fine Arts
Series Inspired by Warrior's Helmets
By: - Jan 14th, 2013Billy Lee has always been a maker and shaper of material. For several years between his stints at Michigan and UNC-G he lived in Vancouver, B.C. where his extended family resided. His preternatural drive is to reach out into our physical world and reshape and remake it. He is an artist who spontaneously connects with the material and the processes that allow him to manipulate it.
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Yale University Art Gallery Reopens Fine Arts
America's Oldest University Art Museum
By: - Jan 12th, 2013Anchoring the gallery at one end is the sleek concrete and glass Kahn Gallery (1953), a landmark space envisioned by Yale’s one-time dean of the School of Architecture. Its north-facing, street-level window complex tempts the passer-by with glimpses of the treasures contained there-in.
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10×10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage Theatre
Pittsfield Winter Festival February 14 to 24
By: - Jan 11th, 2013The 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival returns to downtown Pittsfield for the second year from February 14-24, 2013, and features music, theatre, dance, film, visual art, spoken word, comedy and more, including BSC’s 10×10 New Play Festival.
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Check Mate Screened at Palm Springs Festival Film
Dominian Republic's Writer/ Director Jose Maria Cabral
By: - Jan 11th, 2013Film writer/director Jose Maria Cabral has cracked the code on how to get your first feature length film accepted at the third largest film festival in North America, and he is only twenty-four years old. No, he hasn’t a powerful relative in the movie industry.
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Defiant Requiem at Palm Springs Film Festival Film
Holcaust Themed Documentary by Doug Schultz
By: - Jan 11th, 2013“Defiant Requiemâ€, currently screening at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), is a powerful and emotional documentary by Doug Shultz that honors the Prisoners of Terezin (the infamous Nazi concentration camp located just outside of Prague).
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Mondays at Racine Oscar Nominated Film
Screened at Berkshire International Film Festival
By: - Jan 10th, 2013Cynthia Wade’s 39-minute documentary film MONDAYS AT RACINE, chronicling a salon in Long Island that opens its doors every month to women diagnosed with cancer, is nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Form category. This is the second nomination for director Cynthia Wade, who previously won the Oscar in 2008 for her documentary short FREEHELD. This is a first time nomination for producer Robin Honan. The documentary was featured during the 2012 Berkshire International Film Festival.
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2013 Oscar Nominations Film
Let the Games Begin
By: - Jan 10th, 2013The just released list of nominations for the annual Oscars evokes a debate about the depth and quality of films this year. There appears to be a field of good but not great films and performances. Arguments will be made for the special merits of nominees but overall the selection is somewhat enervating. Will it be a big night for Lincoln or Les Miz? Can Life of Pi sneak in there? Or Django Unchained and even Argo? The suspense is brutal.
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Joe Thompson on Mass MoCA China Projects Fine Arts
Xu Bing Phoenix Currently on View
By: - Jan 09th, 2013Even before Mass MoCA opened Joe Thompson was negotiating with the Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping to participate in the group exhibition Unnatural Science in 2001. That led to a retrospective organized by the Walker Art Center. Major installations followed in the vast Building Five by Cai Guo-Qiang and currently Phoenix by Xu Bing which is on view for the coming year. This is the first of two parts of a dialogue about contemporary Chinese Art.
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The Liar at Shakespeare & Company Theatre
David Ives Adapts Pierre Corneille’s Farce
By: - Jan 09th, 2013The Liar has all of the ingredients of a perfect French farce. The truth will set most people free, but for Dorante (our disingenuous hero) a series of fibs may pave a convoluted road to happiness. The Liar was originally penned by the classic 17th Century playwright Pierre Corneille, in 1664. This translation by award-winning American playwright David Ives merges the iambic humor of classic verse with a contemporary twist.
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Jackson Browne July 4th at Tanglewood Music
Esperanza Spalding August 4
By: - Jan 08th, 2013American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, along with special guest Sara Watkins, returns to Tanglewood for the first time in 15 years, on Thursday, July 4, 2013, at 7 p.m. to perform in the Shed, with fireworks following the concert. Mr. Browne last performed at Tanglewood with Bonnie Raitt on August 24, 1998. He made his first Tanglewood appearance on July 31, 1973.
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Palm Springs International Film Festival Film
Spain's Oscar Nominated Blancanieve (Snowhite)
By: - Jan 08th, 2013The Opening Night movie at this year’s festival is a somewhat unusual, but brilliant selection, called “Blancanieves†(“Snowhiteâ€) from Spain. It’s also Spain’s Official Oscar submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Kelli O'Hara Returns to Williamstown in 2013 Theatre
Bridges of Madison County Debuts in August
By: - Jan 07th, 2013For the second season in a row Williamstown Theatre Festival will premiere a film transformed into a musical. Last summer Kelli O'Hara starred in "Far From Heaven." She returns to the Berkshires in "The Bridges of Madison County." The film paired Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood,. A co star for O'Hara is yet to be announced.
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Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock Film
Psycho Killer Bio Pic DOA
By: - Jan 06th, 2013Forget the Hollywood PR hype. This is not “Best picture of the Year†material. If Hitchcock were alive today, he would groan at the amateurish, venal, and non-engaging movie that bears his famous name.
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Les Miz-mash Film
Actors With Cockney/ Aussie Accents Who Can’t Sing
By: - Jan 05th, 2013Why is it that hit musicals have such a hard time making a transition from stage to film? Director Tom Hooper, while striving to make a film, attempted to separate the genres. Having the actors sing on camera with tight closeups was an interesting idea. It didn't work because the cast of fine actors, for the most part, can't sing. This epic film proved to be a tedious, two and a half hour snore.
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2012 Theatre Highlights Theatre
Berkshires and Beyond
By: - Dec 29th, 2012With a diverse staff of contributors Berkshire Fine Arts strives for national theatre coverage. In this year end roundup we provide an overview with highlights rather than a top ten or best of list. There are numerous links to plays, features and interviews. Overal,l it was a great year that include a week in Chicago for the meeting of the American Theatre Critics Association as well as in depth coverage of the Berkshires and a taste of Broadway.
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