Centennial Tributes: Richard Brooks Part III

By Edward Copeland It isn't often that a masterpiece of literature begets a masterpiece of cinema yet both retain distinct identities a...

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Such a little word, but oh, the difference it makes!

Continued from Puttering all around the house As people who pay attention to these sorts of things know, for quite some time the Broadway s...

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It started out like a song… (An appreciation in two acts)

By Edward Copeland …when Merrily We Roll Along opened on Broadway 30 years ago tonight at The Alvin Theatre — or at least it should have. U...

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Let's talk about the black bird

NOTE: Ranked No. 22 on my all-time top 100 of 2012 By Edward Copeland In 1941, one man's directing debut wowed the world — and with go...

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