Fishko Files

It's August - when the analysts, psychologists, and therapists leave town. For those who may miss them, here is this archival Fishko Files. (Produced in 2002)

Victor Herbert's modern, modest song of 1919 continues to enchant musicians to this day. WNYC's Sara Fishko tells the story in this archival edition of Fishko Files. (Produced in 2017)

A new, massive book of Jim Marshall photographs comes out next month. His earlier volume of jazz images inspired this archival Fishko Files. (Produced in 2017)

With temperatures in New York soaring to 90 degrees and above this week, we bring you this archival Fishko Files. WNYC’s Sara Fishko explores the masterful Gershwin tune and the many ways its interpreters say “summer.” (Produced in 2001)

2006 was a big year for biopics. In this Fishko Files produced that year, Sara Fishko and guests ponder the art of recreating people we know very well - on stage or screen. (Produced in 2006)

On this American holiday, Sara Fishko visits with players from one of the great American orchestras, the New York Philharmonic, to "deconstruct" a symphonic performance, piece by piece. The fireworks (!) come at the end - when they're all playing together. (Produced in 2004)

It's 55 years since Marshall McLuhan's book Understanding Media suggested the media were "extensions of man." McLuhan's ideas about media, globalization, and cultural upheaval made him a star and a prophet in the 1960s, even if many were barely able to grasp their meaning. We try, in this Fishko Files. (Produced in 2011)

In June of 2014, the celebrated musician Glenn Dicterow was just about to retire from the New York Philharmonic after many decades of playing first violin with the orchestra. The concertmaster spoke with WNYC’s Sara Fishko about the musical tightrope he walked daily as the orchestra’s first violinist. (Produced in 2014)

Tomorrow in Manhattan, a film festival opens in honor of the late movie critic Pauline Kael, born 100 years ago this month. A film festival - for a critic? WNYC's Sara Fishko has more in this episode of Fishko Files.

"Losing It at the Movies: Pauline Kael at 100" runs at Quad Cinema tomorrow, June 7 through Thursday, June 20.

David Denby is a critic and staff writer for The New Yorker.

Peter Rainer is the film critic at the Christian Science Monitor and author of "Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era."

Amy Taubin is a film critic and contributing editor at Artforum, Film Comment, and Sight & Sound.

It’s the Liberace centenary! He was born in May of 1919. WNYC’s Sara Fishko ponders the pianist’s gifts and his impact in this Fishko Files. (Produced in 2013)