Katharine Hepburn sure knows how to make a grand entrance. In her Oscar-winning performance as Eleanor of Aquitaine in THE LION IN WINTER (1968), she enters as as a medieval queen should--on a barge floating down the River Vienne. And John Barry's Oscar-winning music rows her onscreen in imperial splendor. Read More
I love Twitter. In 140 characters or less, you can connect with people you might never meet otherwise. While fishing in... Read More
It’s Gay Pride this weekend here in New York City so it’s only appropriate that this week’s trailer selection goes... Read More
FRANZ WAXMAN made history when he won for the Academy Award for his score to A PLACE IN THE SUN... Read More
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS was the big winner at the 29th Academy Awards. And I do mean BIG.... Read More
Literary purists may balk at the sanitized version of Truman Capote’s BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961). But film buffs were rewarded... Read More
Far be it from me to deny the talents of Burt Bacharach. He changed the sound of pop music. His songs... Read More
And it was a miracle when Dave Grusin won the 1988 Oscar for THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR. The film was Robert... Read More
David Lean provided a triple threat for his final film, A PASSAGE TO INDIA (1984), serving as director, screenwriter, and... Read More
This week heralds the long-awaited arrival of Tadlow’s complete recording of Ernest Gold‘s score for EXODUS (1960). The Oscar-winning score... Read More