Dan Walker on Film   Beasts of the Southern Wild     Director:  Benh Zeitlin (? See below) Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis (? See below) Dwight Henry (? See below) Levy Easterly (? See below)   93 minutes...

The new music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin was in town for two weeks of concerts with his new orchestra. The net result seemed a fair sampling of what the upcoming years at Verizon Hall will likely...

Dan Walker on Film       Silver Linings Playbook Director: David O. Russell (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees, The Fighter)   Cast: Bradley Cooper (Wet Hot American Summer, The Hangovers, Limitless) Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone, The...

Here’s the good news and bad about the state of American health care entering the new year. According to an article published in the important journal Health Affairs, medical costs have plateaued for the third year running....

Dan Walker on Film         Les Misérables Director: Tom Hooper (John Adams, Best Director Oscar for The King’s Speech) Cast: Hugh Jackman (the X-Men movies, Kate & Leopold, The Fountain, The Prestige) Russell Crowe...