Posted on February 2, 2017
by Cindy Bruchman
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I was. Here continues a monthly series featuring the music, the books, and the movies that occupied my time. MUSIC Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos epitomized the Baroque period. Introduced to them twenty years ago, and despite my leaning toward the passionate Russian romantics, I…
Category: 1960s, actors, Are You Not Entertained?, authors, biography, culture, directors, documentary, Film Spotlight, movies, music, Read ThisTags: A Man Called Ove, For the Love of Spock, Gene Roddenberry, Glenn Gould, Leonard Nimoy, Quiz Show, Roman Polanski, Steve McQueen, Stranger Things, The Ghost Writer, The Innocents
Posted on January 2, 2017
by Cindy Bruchman
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Here continues a monthly series featuring the music, the books, and the movies that occupied my time. MUSIC For anyone who likes 60s Rock and Roll music and music history in general, check out the 2008 documentary, The Wrecking Crew. On Netflix, it is…
Category: actors, Are You Not Entertained?, authors, culture, movies, music, Read ThisTags: Alfred Hitchcock, Ben Foster, Captain Fantastic, Chris Pine, Dr. Strange, Hell or High Water, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Jeff Bridges, Manchester by the Sea, Margaret Atwood, Sam Neill, The Wrecking Crew, The Wrong Man
Posted on September 5, 2016
by Cindy Bruchman
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How many times a day do you seek to be entertained? It is elusive. It is dangerous. The rush of stimulus bombards us. The mob mentality of pop culture is easily distracting and much is nonsense. Yet, I love music and books and movies…
Category: 1920s, 1930s, actors, Are You Not Entertained?, art, books, culture, documentary, Film Spotlight, movies, photography, Read ThisTags: David McCullough, documentary, Don Henley, Finding Vivian Maier, Game of Thrones, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, The Eagles, The Wright Brothers
It’s 1928. German Expressionism, the Western & Hollywood musical
