…I do as the Romans do. I recently got back from a trip to Switzerland where I hopefully wrapped up the... Read More
One of my fondest memories of the “Jazz Score” exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art was an evening devoted... Read More
No matter what you think of Michael Gore’s Academy Award-winning score to FAME (1980), there’s no denying the impact of... Read More
When do movies about apartheid seem cold and passionless? When you have Richard Attenborough at the helm. Attenborough is an... Read More
LOVE STORY was the Number One film of 1970 and probably the most famous three-hanky tear-jerker of all time. Harvard... Read More
LIMELIGHT is an interesting film in the Charlie Chaplin canon. In his last American film, Chaplin stars as Calvero, a... Read More
To close out a week in which my writing efforts have been alternating between Bernard Herrmann and LORD OF THE RINGS... Read More
The world always seems to go bananas for apes. The year is 3978 A.D. and a spaceship with a crew of... Read More
AIRPORT was the beginning and the end. The beginning of a successful franchise and the disaster movie genre of the... Read More