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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces in Kinrowan Hall
- What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bridges and Paths plus a Troll
- What’s New for the 4th of January: Favorite books and music of 2025
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Mythologist John Campbell
- What’s New for 21st of December
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pub Ghoulies
- What’s New for 7 of December: books by Alan Garner, and holiday music new and old, Celtic, Americana, jazz and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Several Annies, Part Two
- What’s New for 23 November
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Several Annies
- What’s New for the 9th of November: rhymers and ravens, folk songs and folk tales, jazz guitar and dark forests and constellations put to music, Hungarian tunes and knights and rakes and tinkers and fools, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Kedgeree
- Whats New for the 26th of October: some Patricia McKillip books and an interview, ’70s jazz reissues, Nordic Americana and American Americana, and some Samhain seasonal albums
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Charles and Alice Pay a Visit (A Letter to Owyn)
Category Archives: Film
Damani Baker and Alex Vlack’s Still Bill
Bill Withers. I haven’t heard that name in a while, although I have regularly heard the songs — “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lean On Me,” “Grandma’s Hands,” and “Just the Two of Us.” They still are played on AM radio. Probably … Continue reading
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Tagged bill withers, R&B music
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Paul Simon’s Live From Philadelphia
This concert from Philadelphia’s Tower Theater was filmed in 1980, the same year that Paul Simon released his feature film One Trick Pony. The Simon-scripted One Trick Pony was the story of a once popular folksinger who’d had a hit … Continue reading
Peter Weir’s Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Ahoy there, matey! When’s the last time you went to the local cinema to feast your eyes on yards and yards of canvas, miles of oak, cannons, salty sea dogs, vast panoramas of ocean, waves the height of buildings, and … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged Adventure film
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Steven Spielberg’s Hook
Kate Brown wrote this review. An outstanding film, Hook follows up the original story of Peter Pan, in which a lost boy in ‘Neverneverland’ takes on a villainous pirate who would steal his innocence. Peter Pan is the boy who … Continue reading
P. J. Hogan’s Peter Pan, Mike Newell’s An Awfully Big Adventure, and Marc Forster’s Finding Neverland
Michelle Erica Green wrote this review. Peter Pan: wonderful childhood fantasy about a land where the young-at-heart have adventures with pirates and fairies, or dysfunctional parable of the dark side of childhood in which every girl is expected to play … Continue reading
Michael Curtiz’s The Sea Hawk
It may be hard for some to believe, but Pirates of the Caribbean notwithstanding, the pirate movie genre wasn’t always as moribund as it is today. Tall ships with billowed sail pursuing each other through the seas, blazing cannons, swashbuckling … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, historical drama, pirates
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Gore Verbinski’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Norrington: “You are without a doubt the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of. Jack Sparrow: “But you have heard of me.” Yo ho, yo ho, the pirate’s life for me. From Errol Flynn sailing the high seas to Cary Elwes … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, fantasy, pirates, The Princess Bride
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Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride
L.G. Burnett wrote this review. Envision a film with Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Peter Falk, and Peter Cook that is absolutely hilarious, yet none of them appear in the lead roles. “Inconceivable!,” you cry and I reply, “I do not … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, contemporary fantasy, pirates
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It Happens Every Spring
Craig Clarke wrote this review. Ray Milland is a total charmer as the lead in this light-hearted baseball fantasy. Milland stars as chemistry professor Vernon Simpson, who accidentally discovers a potion that repels wood after a baseball flies through his … Continue reading
Michael Bayley Hughes and Bob Hewitt’s Strat Masters: The Definitive History Of The World’s Most Famous Guitar
In recent months I have seen some excellent films. But, not features. No… the lowly documentary film has roared back with a vengeance. The House That Ahmet Built (about Ahmet Ertegun & Atlantic Records,) Life Through A Lens (the story … Continue reading
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Tagged guitars, rock and roll, stratocaster
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