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Lost in the Shuffle XVI
Ray Charles, Ernest Hemingway, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sigourney Weaver, and the great Geraldine Page…artists of one sort or another are on display in this week’s “Lost in the Shuffle.” RAY (2004) – Della’s Theme [Audio
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CD Review: Where the Wild Things Are
If anyone can turn a classic 10-sentence children’s picture book into a successful film, it’s director Spike Jonze and co-screenwriter Dave Eggers. Reviews for WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE have been mixed so far,
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Harvey
Though Pulitzer Prizes have usually gone to weightier subject matter, there once was a time when comedies were awarded the Drama prize. The first Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1918–Jesse Lynch Williams’s WHY MARRY?–was
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I Will Wait For You
How can I describe Jacques Demy’s THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG? It’s not an opera, even though every word of the film is sung. But it’s not really a musical either. Set to Michel Legrand’s
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Too Many Notes?
“Your work is ingenious. It’s quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that’s all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.” –Emperor Joseph II (Jeffrey Jones) in AMADEUS Is it
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Lost in the Shuffle XV
From sex-starved middle age to the Old West, from the court of Henry VIII to the inspired sci-fi lunacy of television and Mel Brooks, all in this week’s “Lost in the Shuffle.” RIDE, VAQUERO!
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9 Favorite Lord of the Rings Cues
In honor of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING concerts performed live to film tonight and tomorrowat Radio City Music Hall, I’ve devoted this month’s “9 on the 9th” to my
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CD Review: Howard Shore – Collector’s Edition Vol. 1
It’s LORD OF THE RINGS week here in New York City and I’m Shore-ing myself up with the music of Howard Shore all week in anticipation of the FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING concert on
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CD Review: The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams Vols. 1-3
I’m embarrassed to admit that in all of my years of musical training and higher edu-my-cation, I somehow skipped over the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Why? The man stands in the pantheon of British
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