1989 Henry V, by Patrick Doyle
[N.B.: See also Debra's appreciation of Branagh's Henry V, and our We Happy Few section of L.I.T.S. Lists.] Kenneth Branagh's 1989 Henry V was not … [Read More...]
The Google Bookcase
The Brave New Digital World As a micropublisher, the new world of Google Books and e-books and online book marketing can be challenging, to say the … [Read More...]
Daniel Deronda (2002) directed by Tom Hooper
Daniel Deronda, a BBC TV production based on the novel by George Eliot,[1. Daniel Deronda is available as free ebook downloads in Kindle and Epub … [Read More...]
Audio Notes: The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins
Being eternally indebted to Wilkie (a protege of my dear Boz) for having in large part, by means of a stage play called The Frozen Deep, inspired … [Read More...]
The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum
Okay, so novels by Robert Ludlum are in the category of "guilty pleasure" for me. Like tanking down a bottle of Coppola Rosso or gobbling up one too … [Read More...]
Parade’s End Coming to TV
The classic Parade's End tetralogy by Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) is being given the classy BBC/HBO treatment in a five-part miniseries scheduled to … [Read More...]
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring Ryan O'Neal and Marisa Berenson appreciated by John Murphy The Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon … [Read More...]
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2004)
by Susanna Clarke appreciated by John Murphy “Two magicians shall appear in England...” I tend to catch the tail-end of trends, like an … [Read More...]
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
Created by Ken Burns The National Parks is a 2009 PBS documentary series created from the master of documentaries, Ken Burns. This tells the story … [Read More...]
“Nice coat!”
Some Clan members were watching the wonderful 1994 BBC adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch, starring (among other greats) the yummy Rufus Sewell … [Read More...]
