Was Amanda Seyfried surprised when the offer came to star in “Seven Veils,” a movie about the Biblical teen temptress Salome who had John the Baptist beheaded — and she was not going to be doing the ...

Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan scored a fair-sized sensation with his 1996 Canadian Opera Company production of the Richard Strauss opera “Salome” — the one about the stepdaughter of the depraved King ...

Performances in N.Y.C. In Strauss’s “Salome,” is the Dance of the Seven Veils a seduction? A striptease? A cry for help? Watch some memorable versions from its long history. Manon Fleur Antonio and ...

TIFF: The filmmaker reunites with his “Chloe” star for an opaque drama about the slippage between art and life. Near the climax of Richard Strauss’ opera “Salome,” the title character performs the ...

Oscar Wilde's tragedy, Salome, was first translated into opera in 1905 by Richard Strauss. Combining dramatic vibratos and a seductive orchestral arrangement, Strauss' opera is intense to say the ...

A reworking of the Richard Strauss opera, this 18th feature from the Canadian director ('The Sweet Hereafter') finds him reuniting with his 'Chloe' star. By Michael Rechtshaffen Art and life are ...

In “Seven Veils,” Amanda Seyfried puts her wide, unblinking eyes to good use as a woman staring at the present and unable to see anything but the past. The actress plays Jeanine, a theater director ...

Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...

Isabella Soares is a Senior Writer for Collider, as well as a Cherry Picks-approved critic. A film and TV enthusiast from an early age, Isabella used to write reviews in her journal growing up, which ...