Emily S. Mendel
The Diary of Anne Frank: A PBS Masterpiece ClassicPBS stations, Sunday, April 11th at 9:00 ET/PT Starring: Ellie Kendrick, Iain Glen, Tamsin Greig, Felicity Jones http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/annefrank/index.html A Darlow Smithson Production directed by Jon Jones; adapted by Deborah Moggach; presented on PBS by ...
Emily S. Mendel
The 39 Steps: A PBS Masterpiece ClassicPBS stations, Sunday, February 28th at 9:00 ET/PC Starring: Rupert Penry-Jones, Lydia Leonard, David Haig http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/steps/index.html Producer: BBC; Lynn Horsford Director: James Hawes Screenplay: Lizzie Mickery from the book by John Buchan Series producer and executive producer: WGBH Boston ...
Michael Wade Simpson
Faisal Zedan and Ajyal (Generations )www.faisalzedan.com We've gotten so used to keeping the world at bay with e-mails, textmessaging and the like -- we "connect" with a love Interest incyber -- so that real live encounters are something of ...
Emily S. Mendel
The Use and Abuse of Grief in TV Detective Series: Monk, NCIS, Inspector Lewis, CSI NY, Leverage and The Mentalist
Patrick Jane, The Mentalist
Detective stories are one of life’s small pleasures. ...
Emily S. Mendel
Emma: A PBS Masterpiece Classic
PBS stations, Sundays, January 24th, 31stand February 7th at 9:00 ET/PC
Starring: Romola Garai, Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/emma/index.html
Emma is a coproduction of WGBH and the BBC; adapted by Sandy Welch; directed by ...
Emily S. Mendel
Return to Cranford: A PBS Masterpiece ClassicPBS stations, Sundays, January 10, 2010 and January 17, 2010 at 9:00 ET/PC BBC/WGBH coproduction in association with Chestermead Ltd.Created by Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin, written by Heidi Thomas and directed by Simon ...
Lewis Whittington
The Jazz Life Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D.G. KelleyThe Jazz Loft Project. Sam Stephensonhttp://www.amazon.com/Thelonious-Monk-Times-American-Original/dp/0684831902www.jazzloftproject.orgThelonious Monk’s life looms so large that legends about him have at times eclipsed his musical legacy. two books revisit Monk’s life ...
Michael Wade Simpson
Brazil (1985)a film by Terry GillamCriterion Collection DVDhttp://www.criterion.com/films/211 When I set out to review *The Criterion Collection*’s 3 disk version ofTerry Gilliam’s 1985 film *Brazil*, I decided to watch the bowdlerized 94minute studio cut of the film- the ...
Michael Wade Simpson
New York Philharmonic on tourGreat Orchestras on Tour series in Verizon HallPhiladelphia,Nov. 20, 2009Program:LISZT: Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3ELGAR: In the SouthPROKOFIEV: Selections from Romeo and Juliethttp://www.kimmelcenter.org/ Muti returns Riccardo Muti’s star power has not diminished in the ...
