Cinemadope: A Bugs Life
There was a time in my life — not, in truth, all that long ago — when I didn’t think that the genius of Looney Tunes would ever be equalled. Sure, animation has grown to encompass all sorts of new technologies since Bugs and company first hit the screen, but what made...
Cinemadope: Piano Man, Marvin Hamlisch’s musical legacy
You don’t have to be a music nerd to know Marvin Hamlisch. Or a theater nerd. Or a film nerd. Or a television nerd. Because even if you don’t know him by name, Hamlisch’s work will have seeped into the soul of anyone who was alive in the latter half of the 20th...
Cinemadope: A Bird in Hand, Sesame Street comes to Northampton
As I sit here in my shirtsleeves, typing away near a slightly open window, I really must insist that readers of this column remember this minor detail: it is February. This is the time when we’re all supposed to be calling all the hardware stores, asking about roof...
Cinemadope: Keeping the Beat
One of my favorite memories of being young and broke in New York is of a night my then-partner and I went to a Manhattan music spot to hear one of her co-workers play. The venue was a second floor residence — it seemed a good bet that, despite the space made for a...E-Edition
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