After the Cavity Rock, California Times Leader newspaper is chosen as America’s typical small town newspaper Read More »
Musical
True Stories (1986) David Byrne, John Goodman, Annie McEnroe
David Byrne of Talking Heads fame visits a typical (and fictional) Texas town Read More »
Convention Girl (1935) Luther Reed, Rose Hobart, Weldon Heyburn, Sally O’Neil
Among the regular conventioneers, “Babe” LaVal is the most-in-demand “convention girl” Read More »
Pennies from Heaven (1981) Herbert Ross, Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jessica Harper
In Chicago during the 1930s Depression, sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker Read More »
Bitter Sweet (1940) W.S. Van Dyke, Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders
In order to avoid an arranged marriage with a man she doesn’t love Read More »
Lived Once a Song-Thrush (1970) Otar Iosseliani, Gela Kandelaki, Gogi Chkheidze, Jansug Kakhidze
Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. Read More »
Lovedolls Superstar (1986) David Markey, Jennifer Schwartz, Steve McDonald, Janet Housden
The Lovedolls return from their untimely demise in this 1986 sequel to “Desperate Teenage Lovedolls”. Read More »
Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984) David Markey, Jennifer Schwartz, Hilary Rubens, Janet Housden
The rise and fall of an all-girl punk rock band in Hollywood in the 1980s. Read More »
Desperate Man Blues (2003) Edward Gillan, Joe Bussard, Susannah Anderson, Barbara Brown
Record collector Joe Bussard parties like it’s 1929! A cultural scavenger, musician and broadcaster Read More »
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) Alfred E. Green, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Janet Blair
The rise and rise of the Fabulous Dorsey brothers is charted in this whimsical step down memory lane Read More »