Theater and Film
Perhaps Hand Wringing and Tears: Sixth Season of Downton Abbey
A video will reveal quite a bit about your favorite characters, renewed relationships, a blackmail attempt, tje nuptials of Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Carson, Edith's problems with the editor of the magazine left to her by Michael Gregson, Anna's continued problems concerning the murder of Mr. Green ... and so on. more »
Home Fires, A New Masterpiece Theater Series Based on Britain's Women's Institute
The series is largely based on Julie Summers book Jambusters, which details Britain's Women's Institute’s contribution to wartime food production, education, and social issues. Though World War II was a time of rations and sacrifices, there are still plenty of fashion moments in Home Fires. Actress Francesca Annis was especially struck by the original, period clothing used for the series. more »
Masterpiece Theater's New Saga, Indian Summers: The Imperial Game Was Up
Set against the grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, the drama tells the story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience. But at the heart of the story lie the implications and ramifications of the web of passions, rivalries and clashes that define the lives of those brought together in this summer which will change everything. more »
A Look Back at Julia Sneden's Review of The Emperor of All Maladies
Julia Sneden writes: One of the great strengths of this book is Dr. Mukherjee's willingness to detail the theories and politics and failures and frustrations that have accompanied this War On Cancer. After many years of emphasis on possible treatments for various cancers, it is only in the last years of the 20th century and these first years of the 21st century that the researchers realized they needed to go back to the very nature and core of what cancer really is, in order to understand and possibly manage or cure it. more »