Fishko Files : October 2012
Isle of the Dead
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Halloween is coming. It’s the season for unsettling images and dark thoughts. WNYC’s Sara Fishko has a story about a painting from the 1880s - that fits right in. Here is the next Fishko Files...
Montgomery Clift
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday would’ve been actor Montgomery Clift’s 92nd birthday. But the handsome, troubled star died young, at the age of 45. WNYC’s Sara Fishko looks at Clift’s short and complicated life in this edition of Fishko Files… (Produced in 2010).
Last Tango
Thursday, October 11, 2012
As the New York Film Festival draws to a close this weekend, WNYC’s Sara Fishko recalls one inflammatory Festival film of 1972, starring Marlon Brando, that was proclaimed a game-changer for movies. Was it? Here is the next Fishko Files…
Bach Chaconne
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Tonight, a concert in Manhattan examines ‘The Art and Ecstasy of the Chaconne.’ – a musical form that has been around for many centuries. As WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us, J.S. Bach tackled this popular and hypnotic musical structure-- and the result made history. Here is the next Fishko Files…