The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders is as good as television gets. This adaptation of Daniel Defoe's 1722 novel has wonderful characters, a rich, historical setting, and a cast that could not have been better chosen. ...
Crave, a one-act drama that premiered in 1998 by the late Sarah Kane, comes out of the experimental and absurdist tradition of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, and Edward Albee. Like the plays of Beckett, Pinter, and Albee, Crave combines wordplay, ...
A new lush adaptation of Emily Bronte’s tour de force, Wuthering Heights, will be aired on PBS’ Masterpiece Classics on Sunday, January 18, 2009 and January 25, 2009. Set in the rugged moors of Yorkshire during the ...
Westerns, in the form of books, films, and television programming, are an enduring expression of Americana, utilizing the majestic landscapes west of the Mississippi and the pioneer spirit of a frontier society as the background and underpinnings of tales ...
When most people hear the name Howard Hughes, his career in motion pictures is probably not the first thing to spring to mind. The more likely image is that of an old man with long hair and fingernails, wearing ...
When word leaked out earlier this year that David Lynch was making his return to television with a new ABC series called Mulholland Drive, it was cause for jubilation among those who never quite got over that strange Northwestern ...
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann brought their two man reviews of their own gently satirical songs from the West End to Broadway in the early 1960s. The songs in At the Drop of a Hat and At the Drop of ...
Napoleon. The role of the French Emperor and ruler of Europe has been played by more actors in more movies than any other historical figure. So it might be expected that a four-hour documentary on the man would provide ...
It's been nearly a year since Big Pussy went to sleep with the fishes, an eternity for fans of The Sopranos forced to make do with perpetual reruns and the recent DVD release of the show's first season while ...
Other suggested reading: Charles Dicken's David Copperfield (Modern Critical Interpretation Series) (2000), William Golding Last Christmas, Turner Broadcasting and Hallmark Entertainment joined forces for a threadbare adaptation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol starring Patrick Stewart. The modest budget ...