David Benjamin Steinberg is a composer who recently created the score for a documentary about photographer Robert Mapplethorpe called “Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures.” In an interview, he talked about finding sounds that would complement the striking images in the film. The directors, Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey had been working on it and doing …

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For the first time ever, the global phenomenon known simply as TED — with talks about ideas that are transforming the world — is coming to movie theaters worldwide in partnership with By Experience. On February 15 in North America and February 16 for the rest of the world, the general public will have the …

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This is a lovely film — highly recommended for all families.

Slate has a great history of kisses in movies. Here are some of my favorite movie kisses: And here is Diane Keaton talking about the men she’s kissed in the movies and the ones she’d like to kiss!

When people talk about sex, drugs, and rock and roll, this is what they’re talking about. Tonight on HBO, Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Juno Temple, and Ray Romano star in Martin Scorsese’s “Vinyl,” based on the world of rock and roll in the 1970’s. It’s the real deal — one of the producers is Mick …

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