On June 22, 1941, Hitler invaded Russia, violating the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939 and foisting the Soviet Union as... Read More
“Dancing: a series of movements involving two partners where speed and rhythm match harmoniously with music.” One of the many... Read More
As a pre-pubescent ten-year-old in 1972, I was at the theater watching SNOOPY, COME HOME with my Mom, while most... Read More
It’s pre-dawn on 5th Avenue. The normally bustling shopping thoroughfare is improbably empty. As the morning sun peaks over the... 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
Sergei Eisenstein called it his “suicide note.” Part I won the coveted Stalin Prize, yet Part II was banned from distribution, and Part III was... Read More
From the page to the stage to film and back again, AUNTIE MAME (1958) began life as a bestselling novel by... Read More
Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann. Two great tastes that taste great together. Along with Prokofiev and Eisenstein and Steven Spielberg and... Read More
Moving on from toys, bugs and monsters, Pixar went under the sea and snagged a big fish with FINDING NEMO... Read More
Growing up to the accompaniment of my father’s Roger Williams and Mantovani records, the harshest musical sounds in our house... Read More