The Warner Brothers By Chris Yogerst (University of Kentucky Press, 360 pages, $34.95) I visited Hollywood California in the summer…
For most of my long-vanished youth, I watched very little television. But in my late twenties, when I was a…
I learned about the television industry the hard way as a kid. One Monday night in 1968, I turned on…
About a year ago, my younger brother — a top Second Unit Director in major productions (Killers of the Flower…
The people running Disney appear crazier than that guy who stripped naked on “It’s a Small World” Sunday and started…
David Fincher’s latest feature, The Killer, debuted on Netflix Friday night. The film is a meticulously crafted thriller that showcases…
My Name Is Barbra By Barbra Steisand (Viking, 992 pages, $47) Nowadays, the name of Barbra Streisand is likely to…
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World By Richard Cockett (Yale University Press, 464 pages, $35) A…
Once upon a time, when Disney knew what it was doing, it followed its founder’s formula for success. “I do…
