Fred Astaire

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They Can't Take That Away … New Boxset for Fred and Ginger

The Last Dance: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, from the musical <i>The Barkleys of Broadway</i>.
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The Last Dance: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, from the musical The Barkleys of Broadway.

The screen persona of Fred Astaire is more enduringly charismatic than that of any other musical per  read more »

Another Dreary Apocalyptic Virus

Wafting in a stupor between Hulk s and Matrix es and Terminator 3 's, movie critics in the summer of  read more »

Great, Eccentric Film Writer Expands Magnum Opus-Again

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film , by David Thomson. Alfred A.  read more »

A Tale of Real-Life Heroes From Another Time

George Butler's The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, from a screenplay by Car  read more »

Aaron Sorkin Delivers White House Show to NBC

Wednesday, May 5National TV Turn-Off Week is finally over, and thank goodness!  read more »