Fishko Files

An upcoming FX series shines a spotlight on the sometimes competing eccentricities of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. They were just two of a generation of Hollywood actresses who worked fiercely to hold onto their peculiarities of style, stance, and voice. WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us more in this edition of Fishko Files. (Produced in 2007)

Feud: Bette and Joan premieres on FX on March 5. For more information, visit http://www.fxnetworks.com.

The 89th Oscars ceremony will be broadcast this Sunday evening. Whatever the outcome, the run-up to the ceremony has Sara Fishko thinking about art, commerce and movies. Here is the next Fishko Files. (Produced in 2010)

Andrew Sarris (1928-2012) was a leading film critic and author ("The American Cinema") and an early proponent of the "auteur" theory. He wrote criticism for Film Culture, The Village Voice, The Observer, and other publications.

Daniel Eagan is a critic and author of America’s Film Legacy: the Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry. He writes for Film Journal and Film Comment.

Seventy-five years ago, with America in the thick of the Second World War, the world first heard a celebrated patriotic fanfare by Aaron Copland. WNYC’s Sara Fishko has more in this edition of Fishko Files.

Classical music and cartoons have a long and happy history together. With a look at the odd affinity between, say, Richard Wagner and Elmer Fudd, here is WNYC’s Sara Fishko - with another Fishko Files. (Produced in 2005)

American composer Philip Glass turns 80 next week. As WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us in this Fishko Files, Glass's time away from America in the '60s was central to his music, as he encountered a pair of powerful influences.

Listen to "An Hour with Philip Glass" here. (Produced in 2006)

The Bruckner Orchestra Linz celebrates Glass's birthday with the world premiere of his new Symphony No. 11 on Tuesday, January 31 at Carnegie Hall. For tickets and more information, visit carnegiehall.org.

National Sawdust hosts Philip Glass & Foday Musa Suso with Jeffrey Zeigler on Sunday, March 12 as part of their "Glass @ 80" celebration. For tickets and more information, visit nationalsawdust.org.

"Trump-ism" is looming large. As Sara Fishko tells us in this archival edition of Fishko Files, another political “ism” captured undivided attention in a divided 1950s America. (Produced in 2008)

The late Mike Nichols (d. November 19, 2014) lives on through many accomplishments, not least his perfect pairing with Elaine May for sketch comedy that influenced generations to come. WNYC's Sara Fishko saw them reunited on stage - for this Fishko Files. (Produced in 2006)

This Friday, legendary director Harold Prince and New York City Opera brings a new opera house production of Candide to Lincoln Center. The original version of the musical opened on Broadway in the 1950s. As WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us in this edition of Fishko Files, the project came with certain challenges attached. (Produced in 2004)

Candide opens January 6th at the Rose Theater for a limited engagement. For tickets and more information, visit www.jazz.org/.

The New Year is right around the corner, and so are the parties. As WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us in this edition of Fishko Files, the truth comes out at parties – both past and present.

2016 marks 80 years since the first performance of Prokofiev’s children’s piece, Peter and the Wolf. As WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us, the millions of children listening over the decades knew only part of the story. (Produced in 2011)