Canadian documentarian Larry Weinstein was well into the making of his latest work, Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity, when his cinematographer suggested that he appear in the film. Having never been ...

Get ready to howl with laughter in this all-new family comedy starring America’s favorite St. Bernard, the one and only Beethoven. Produced by Universal 1440 Entertainment, the production arm of ...

Sometimes, when fielding audience questions after screenings of “In Search of Beethoven,” Phil Grabsky lets it slip that an early cut of his 2009 documentary stretched to 11 1/2 hours long. “People ...

When ARTE Germany CEO Wolfgang Bergmann approached Toronto director Larry Weinstein in January 2023 about making a documentary to mark the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the ...

Join us on a trip around the world of literature as we survey the international titles that are coming to the big and small ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Tommy Pearson presents Stage and Screen and talks here about the use of ...

I thought this franchise was good and dead, but apparently there’s still so much love out there for the Charles Grodin starring Beethoven movie that they’ve decided to remake it. Sort of. One of our ...

A new film about the love life of Ludwig van Beethoven has some music historians singing a new phrase, da-da-da dumb. Chicagoans will have to wait until Jan. 6 to see it, but the movie, “Immortal ...

Beethoven’s Fifth, according to Bernard Rose’s “Immortal Beloved”: Da-da-da-DUMB! This convoluted, lush and glitzy film attempts to do for Herr Beethoven what Peter Shaffer and Milos Forman did for ...