Monday, January 30, 2017

Jackie

Those very first notes of Mica Levi's score, with its juxtaposition of strings, flute, and occasionally a clarinet, for the film Jackie, about Jacklyn Kennedy in her final tumultuous days at the White House in 1963, are immediate notifications that this film is going to be spellbinding. Only one week...

Monday, January 16, 2017

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. They were Hollywood royalty, probably the most famous mother and daughter in cinematic history. Here, in the new documentary, we see that they were more than just a mother-daughter relationship. They were best friends, neighbors (literally), co-performers, legends....