Rodney Foster Combines His Taste for Elegance and His Entrepreneurial Flair to Launch a Line of Fine Wines
Warm wine has not exactly set the US wine market on fire (despite that poor metaphor), but Rodney Foster aims to change that.
He was in St Moritz in the winter of 2011 ... Continue Reading →
Games During the Clampdown
We have all experienced an increase in board games, card games and other at-home activities during these strange days. I have written before about other great activities, ... Continue Reading →
PBS’ stellar lineup for 50th anniversary season announced at Zoom-friendly TCA press tour
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything— almost.
The rare exception is PBS, which remains a constant. It is a beacon of trustworthy news and entertainment that ... Continue Reading →
The Cuban – Film Review
The opening credit sequence is comprised of evocative watercolor images of Havana. The splashes of color and bubbly Cuban rhythms set the stage. Lou Gossett, Jr plays ... Continue Reading →
HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
In an ironic convergence of timing, this new documentary becomes available at about the same time it was announced his favorite haunt would become a private club. The opening ... Continue Reading →
RADIOACTIVE – Film Review
In flashback, like many a good biographical film, Madame Curie reflects on her early days as a struggling scientist. Kicked out of her laboratory, the feisty (and unmarried) ... Continue Reading →
Documentary Review: Creem – “America’s Only Rock and Roll Magazine.”
A year before Creem launched, Rolling Stone launched. Both publications grabbed their name from British bands. Dave Marsh called Detroit as the ugliest part of ... Continue Reading →
Greyhound – Tom Hanks Continues His Service as America’s Perennial Captain
Tom Hanks has certainly earned the sobriquet as America’s Captain. He has played that rank in myriad films and we have grown comfortable seeing his fluidity and confidence ... Continue Reading →
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