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Majesty, Mystery, and Malaise in 'Maestro' May 13, 2024
Downbeats are what initiate musical measures; upbeats are what end them. For the conductor and orchestra, the downbeat creates the sense of structure and provides stability, grounding the composition with a rhythmic anchor. The upbeat is what introdu...
Can You Really Want an Oscar Too Much? March 01, 2024
On Valentine’s Day, Bradley Cooper strode onto the stage of Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, flush with exuberance in his tux. “What we’re going to watch is an experiment,” he told the audience, which included Candice Bergen, Spike Lee, and Ellen ...
What Is a Bradley Cooper Film? January 10, 2024
“I always knew that I wanted to direct something,” Bradley Cooper explains in a featurette for A Star Is Born. “And I always wanted to tell a love story because it just feels like something that everybody can relate to.” Since then, Cooper has direct...
Scenes From a Marriage January 08, 2024
Bradley Cooper is a talented actor, and with his film Maestro (2023)—now streaming on Netflix—he has expanded his oeuvre. Cooper directed, co-wrote, and starred in a film about the American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Any biopic is a gr...
Bradley Cooper Is Trying So Hard January 02, 2024
In several respects, Leonard Bernstein was a man split in two. Dreaming of becoming the first great American conductor but finding more success as a composer for Broadway musicals, he also struggled with his sexuality, marrying a woman he loved but r...
