The Talent Oligopoly The industry's evolution during the 1980s concealed a paradox. Complicating their drive to keep all revenue streams in-house, the majors failed to control a vitally important resource-the talent required for making films. During...
American Documentary in the 1980s CARL PLANTINGA The 1980s brought remarkable developments to documentary film-flaking in the United States. The decade witnessed the emergence of several promising and innovative filmmakers; the bold exploration of new...
Nostalgic depictions of youth are commonplace in Hollywood cinema, but films that retrospectively examine growing up in the 1980s are a recent phenomenon. This focus on 1980s suburban youth is evident in films such as Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, 1997), Romy and Michele's...
Poor James Limbacher! He has undertaken one of the most thankless tasks in bibliography and research: keeping up-to-date with scores written for movies and television. Consequently, by the time his excellent Keeping Score reaches your library shelf, you will probably be ready for a...
KAMPALA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - It's an amateur boxing practice with a difference: neither fighter can see. In the red corner: Robert Sembooze, 28, blindfolded. In the blue: Bashir Ramadan, 38, who doesn't need a blindfold because he lost his sight 12 years ago....
The latest R&B singer to test his vocal cords in the long-running musical revival of "Chicago" will be Brian McKnight.The Grammy-nominated singer will join the New York cast Oct. 8 as that scamp of a lawyer, Billy Flynn. McKnight is scheduled to appear in the...
