


Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark, his new biography of the legendary film critic, has recently been named one of the best non-fiction books of 2011 by the New Yorker (the magazine for which she wrote most of her celebrated reviews), and received a nod from the New York Times Book Review in its coveted “Notable Books of the Year” round-up. Opera News features editor Brian Kellow – whose monthly “On the Beat” column in the magazine discusses artists’ profiles and key topics on the health and future of opera, often raising eyebrows with its no-holds-barred style – is making news himself this season. Opera News’s Brian Kellow in “Best of 2011” lists with his Pauline Kael biography
