Dan Walker on Film           Writer/Director: Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter) Cast: Matthew McConaughey (“Dazed and Confused”, “Amistad”, “The Lincoln Lawyer”) Reese Witherspoon (“Election”, “Legally Blonde”, Best Actress Oscar for “Walk the Line”)...

I was rummaging around in my old CD collection (the size is a source of some embarrassment these days) and came upon this great recital of slavic opera arias and put it on again. God, is it...

Memorial Day is traditionally the start of summer, although most Americans are still at their wintertime tasks. Political types get out to cemeteries dotted with small flags and praise those who have served this country in the...

Dan Walker on Film         Director:  Juan Antonio Bayona (The Orphanage) Writers:  Sergio G. Sánchez, María Belón Cast:   Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive, 21 Grams, I Heart Huckabees) Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge, Big Fish) Tom...

 Dan Walker on….           I had a funeral service for my cable box this morning. OK, I’m very irritable when I’m sick. I have a  cold that was running at its peak. I have...