Diamond in the Rough

Seville: Of Longing

My favorite city, filled with romance, life and a sense of the passage of time.

By Russell Brown, Apr 20, 2007

Funky Divas

"Their songs are so different from the songs of their contemporaries that it’s nearly impossible to imagine that they were even recorded at the same time. They are light years ahead in subject matter, in their arrangements, and in their sheer funkiness, when compared with the songs of other soul sisters of the time."

By Jeanna Cornett, Aug 11, 2006

BBC America's "Life on Mars"

Despite its time-travel/fish-out-of-water/police-procedural gimmick, Life on Mars succeeds thanks to genuinely likable characters and a potentially unstable cop hero

By Jason Major, Jul 31, 2006

Lynyrd Skynyrd

This Southern rock band is now a flag-waving joke, but back in the '70s when frontman Ronnie Van Zant was alive, Lynyrd Skynyrd articulated the hopes and dreams of people who were more than just hillbillies.

By Jeanna Cornett, Jul 14, 2006

"The Oscar Wilde Collection" from the BBC

"Forget about the old British film adaptations of his works, or the spate of more recent Hollywood takes on his genius. No, this is it -- the definitive Oscar Wilde..."

By Dan Schneider, Jul 6, 2006

"A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking" by Samuel Fuller

Relishing the autobiography of film legend Samuel Fuller.

By Dan Schneider, Jun 6, 2006

Tod Browning's "Freaks"

"'Freaks' is neither bad nor brilliant, nor does it carry any deep nor important message, but it is fascinating to watch, albeit in the way a festering sore, or one insect eating another, can be."

By Dan Schneider, May 2, 2006

I Am "Serpico"

Watching the DVD of Serpico brings back childhood memories.

By Dan Schneider, Apr 3, 2006

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