Mozart In the Jungle
MOZART IN THE JUNGLE. Amazon TV. Directed by Paul Weitz. Starring Lola Kirk, Saffron Burrows, Peter Vack, Gael García Bernal, Bernadette Peters and Malcolm McDowell. Co-starring Constantine Maroulis, Joshua Bell, Bob Dishy … Continue reading
PBS’ Sherlock Is Worth A Long Look
SHERLOCK. A BBC Original Series. Airing on PBS. First, a major spoiler: Sherlock Holmes survived the Reichenbach Fall. The first episode of Season Three of BBC1’s “Sherlock” discusses how he … Continue reading
Eric Clapton Reviews the Seventies
Eric Clapton On DVD Due March 11 On March 11, MVD will release ERIC CLAPTON, THE 1970s REVIEW, a film chronicling the evolution of Clapton’s career through the 1970s, from his historical … Continue reading
New Fiction From Tor
THE WAVERING WEREWOLF. David Lubar. Starscape. David Lubar is renowned for his ability to bring monsters to life on the grand landscape of the printed page. The Wavering Werewolf continues his benchmark Monsterrific Tales … Continue reading
How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes
MASTERMIND: HOW TO THINK LIKE SHERLOCK HOLMES. Maria Konnikova. Penguin. Really, the question isn’t whether you should think like Sherlock Holmes, but if you would want to. In his acclaimed … Continue reading
Alpha House
ALPHA HOUSE. Created and Written by Garry Trudeau. Directed by Adam Bernstein. Amazon Studios. Supposedly, back in the late 1970s, a woman gained a certain anonymous fame by asking, “How can … Continue reading
The Band and the Rock & Roll Heart of History
LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC: 1971. The Band. In Sets of two CDS; and four CDS plus one DVD. Capitol Records. Casual music fans might think that Bob Dylan made the one-and-only … Continue reading
City of Lost Dreams
CITY OF LOST DREAMS. Magnus Flyte (Pseudonym for Meg Howrey & Christina Lynch). Penguin. City of Lost Dreams, a Penguin original just-released, is an ambitious novel that promises an action-packed plot and … Continue reading
The Voice of the Animal Self
GHOST TANTRAS. Michael McClure. City Lights Books. Michael McClure, a founding member of the Beat Generation, has embodied many styles during a legendary 60-year career, one in which he came … Continue reading