Art
Trudie Styler on the Magnificent Director Michael Apted: “We have lost a great artist, a great thinker, a great director”
I wanted to write something about Michael Apted, the magnificent director of "Coal Miner's Daughter" and the "Up" series, and many other things. He...
Business
Box Office: In Its Third Week, “Wonder Woman 1984” Falls 45% to Just $3 Million at 2200 Locations
"Wonder Woman 1984" isn't having a magical time at the box office.
This past week it brought in just $3 million, falling 45% from its...
Movies
“Nomadland” Wins National Society of Film Critics, Actors Frances McDormand, Delroy Lindo, “Borat” Actress, Actor from “Sound of Metal”
The National Society of Film Critics has been voting this afternoon. Their choices are solid, and not far from other critics' groups.
Best Picture, Director,...
awards
Thinking Oscars in Odd Year: If This Were A Regular Season, Today Would Be November, Not January, 8th
If this were a regular year for the Oscars, today would be November 8th, not January 8th. You see the Oscars will take place...
Movies
Monty Python Hit Broadway Musical “Spamalot” Will Be a Movie, But Will Original Cast (Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry) Return?
The hit Monty Python musical, "Spamalot," played to sold out Broadway audiences for four years, from 2005 to 2009. It accrued 1,575 performances and...
Books
Copyrights End for 1925 Hits “The Great Gatsby,” “Mrs. Dalloway,” Songs by the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Ma Rainey, “Sweet Georgia Brown”
1925-- it was a very good year. It was the year F. Scott Fitzgerald published "The Great Gatsby," Virgina Woolf issued "Mrs. Dalloway," Theodore...
Movies
Box Office: “Wonder Woman 1984” Crashes to Earth, Falls 67% In Second Weekend Flight
Last Sunday we knew that "Wonder Woman 1984" was flying high at the box office.
Today we know she has crashed to Earth, falling 67%...
Movies
Joan Micklin Silver, Trailblazing Writer Director of “Crossing Delancey,” “Between the Lines,” “Hester Street,” Dies at 85
Joan Micklin Silver, the great, trailblazing writer and director, has died at age 85.
Those three names, said fast, were part of an incredible legacy...