Literary purists may balk at the sanitized version of Truman Capote’s BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961). But film buffs were rewarded... Read More
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS was the big winner at the 29th Academy Awards. And I do mean BIG.... Read More
FRANZ WAXMAN made history when he won for the Academy Award for his score to A PLACE IN THE SUN... 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
I love Twitter. In 140 characters or less, you can connect with people you might never meet otherwise. While fishing in... Read More
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
“It’s 1183 and we’re all barbarians…” And barbaric it is! THE LION WINTER follows an aging King Henry II (Peter O’Toole)... Read More
When I was young, my mother would drum words into my head night after night in preparation for the yearly spelling bee.... 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
Growing up to the accompaniment of my father’s Roger Williams and Mantovani records, the harshest musical sounds in our house... Read More