If I could get all those black and white haters out there to watch just ten titles -- movies that constituted absolutely essential viewing -- which would they be?
The term "class act" seems overused at a time when there are fewer examples of it around, but no more apt expression comes to mind. If anybody had the right to be, it was Sir Alec Guinness.
Still Bill is an extraordinary film about Bill Withers, who was born to a black family in W. Virginia, stuttered until he was 28, made toilets for a living, and then wrote Ain't No Sunshine, Lean on Me and Use Me.
Prior to this Sunday, why not check out some first-rate DVD titles that examine the distinct challenges of fatherhood, and how we either rise to the occasion or, for a host of reasons, fall short.
The summer is technically coming to a close, but the nights are still warm and romantic, which makes it the perfect time for a good, old-fashioned mov...