Who would have thought that a tap-dancing penguin would outpoint James Bond at the box office? And deserve to? Not that there's anything wrong with 'Casino Royale.' But 'Happy Feet' - written and directed by George Miller - is a complete charmer, even if, in the way of most family fare, it can't resist straying into the Inspirational. - Robert Gottlieb 1 Share Now -
The man Dickens, whom the world at large thought it knew, stood for all the Victorian virtues - probity, kindness, hard work, sympathy for the down-trodden, the sanctity of domestic life - even as his novels exposed the violence, hypocrisy, greed, and cruelty of the Victorian age. - Robert Gottlieb 2 Share Now -
The first movement ballerina should be a paradigm of strength and authority. - Robert Gottlieb 3 Share Now -
We all need each other in publishing to make publishing work for authors in a variety of formats now and in the future. Anyone who thinks publishers don't bring anything to the table has a very narrow view and lack of knowledge about the industry as a whole. - Robert Gottlieb 4 Share Now -
We know that Diana Vishneva is a phenomenon of strength and style, and she certainly has earned the right to stretch her talents as best she can. - Robert Gottlieb 5 Share Now -
Tolstoy may be right about happy and unhappy families, but in ballet, it works the opposite way: All good ballets are different from each other and all bad ones are alike, at least in one crucial respect - they're all empty. - Robert Gottlieb 7 Share Now -
Schumann's 'Quintet in E flat for Piano and Strings' is one of the sublime moments in Romantic music. - Robert Gottlieb 8 Share Now -
How do you rate works of genius? Partly by personal inclination, partly by accepted wisdom, partly by popularity. - Robert Gottlieb 9 Share Now -
What 'War and Peace' is to the novel and 'Hamlet' is to the theater, Swan Lake' is to ballet - that is, the name which to many people stands for and sums up an art form. - Robert Gottlieb 10 Share Now -
