The Unfettered Critic
The Classical Side of the Hill – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – August 2017
By the time you read this, the migration will have begun.
Dozens of classically trained, world-class musicians will be returning to the stage on Britt Hill, where Conductor Teddy Abrams will […]
A Superhero(ine) for Our Times – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – July 2017
Comic books once were considered kid stuff. No one over sixteen admitted to reading them, let alone dared to dream of watching his or her favorite superheroes on the big […]
Cold Comfort – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – June 2017
Shakespeare, we believe, was thinking of us, your humble critics, when he wrote these prophetic lines: “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all […]
The Britt pre-invasion – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – May 2017
Halfway through last winter, we began to feel antsy. We’d hike the Woodlands trail above the Britt Festival grounds—and pause to look longingly through the fence. We’d drive up Oregon […]
Black is the New Black – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – April 2017
Hollywood’s movie business is exactly that: a business, dedicated to the creation of art that (hopefully) will bring in enough money to cover the cast, crew, and dozens of others […]
Dog Gone – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – March 2017
Recently a movie named A Dog’s Purpose flickered through the multiplexes. It hasn’t fared well. Critics across the country panned it. The New York Times’ reviewer got right to the […]
City of Stars – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – February 2017
La La Land, a cinematic love letter to classic movie musicals, just won a bunch of Golden Globe Awards. Seven, in fact—the same number it was nominated for. You can […]
“Pressure” – by Paula and Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic, December 2016/January 2017
“Pressure pushing down on me, pressing down on you…” ~Queen/David Bowie
Whew! Well, that’s over. We finally can relax, knowing that the incessant pressure exerted by an endless flow of shrill […]
The Magnificent Twenty-One – by Paula & Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – November 2016
One of our edicts is: “Don’t remake Hollywood’s great classics; remake the movies that had the potential to be great but were screwed up in some way.” Cases in point: […]
It’s only forever, not long at all… The Anniversary of Labyrinth – by Paula and Terry Erdmann
The Unfettered Critic – October 2016
Thirty years ago, three master entertainers joined forces to create the fantasy film Labyrinth: director Jim Henson (creator of the Muppets), producer George Lucas (the man behind Star Wars), and […]