In 1965, studio execs at 20th Century Fox probably thought that audiences were, shall we say, art-impaired. And if today’s... Read More
Film is the ideal medium to showcase the visual arts. The lives and work of Frida Kallo (FRIDA), Van Gogh... Read More
Can anyone make watching chess exciting? If you’re writer/director Steven Zaillian you can. In SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER, chess is... Read More
Billy Wilder’s DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) wasn’t the first film noir, but it was the beginning of a new phase in Miklos Rozsa’s already... Read More
Alfred Newman conquered film music yet again with 1947’s CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE. The colorful score combines the robust energy of its Spanish and... Read More
Remember when Marc Shaiman scored films? I miss Shaiman’s pre-HAIRSPRAY glory days in the mid- to late-’90s when he scored... Read More
Ask any film score fan for one of Oscar’s greatest injustices and they’ll point to Anne Dudley‘s 1997 win for... Read More
I was talking with my buddy Doug Adams this past weekend and somehow the discussion got around to Howard Shore.... Read More
A major player back in its day, but largely forgotten today, SEPARATE TABLES tells the stories of the long-term residents... Read More
There are few more disturbing sounds than children’s voices lifted in song. Now, wait. I can hear the furious cry... Read More