Susan Stamberg

In 'Shocked,' Patricia Volk Honors Two Formative Femmes

Susan Stamberg — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:53:00 +0000

If you walked into New York's Morgen's Restaurant in the 1950s, you'd be greeted at the door by a perfectly dressed and powdered blonde who'd smilingly show you to your table and hand over a menu. That hostess, Audrey Elaine Morgen Volk, is at the center of her daughter Patricia Volk's new memoir, Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, And Me.

Modern Movement: How The Ballets Russes Revolutionized Dance

Susan Stamberg — Thu, 30 May 2013 07:03:00 +0000

If your idea of ballet is a flurry of tutus and toeshoes, a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington will expand your vision.

How One Family Built America's Public Palaces

Susan Stamberg — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:24:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJETeJk93vE

Friedkin, Who Pushed Film Forward, Looks Back

Susan Stamberg — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:03:00 +0000

As a kid in Chicago, director William Friedkin liked to frighten little girls with scary stories. When he grew up, he scared the rest of us with a little girl — Regan MacNeil, who is possessed by the devil in his horror classic The Exorcist.

And in The French Connection, he put knots in our stomachs with one of the great movie chases in American cinema.

When Friedkin directed these films in the 1970s, he was breaking all the rules.

Painting 'Renoir' In Finely Detailed Strokes

Susan Stamberg — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:21:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA4pRAZQY3g