Monthly Archives: April 2016

“Amy”, which won the Oscar for best documentary, recalls the life of troubled singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse. Blessed with a voice that recalled of Billy Holiday and a gifted writer, Amy Winehouse was “a once in two generational musical talent.” Sadly, that … Continue reading →

Now playing at the Nichols Library:   Son of Saul, a concentration camp drama that won the Oscar for best foreign language film;  Heart of the Sea, a story of shipwreck and survival, Lady in the Van, a comedy of … Continue reading →

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‘The Rainbow Comes and Goes” by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt is at once a moving memoir and a source of unconventional life lessons.  Copper initiated to exchange when his mother reached her 90th birthday.  With fewer years left to interact, they … Continue reading →

 Remember   special agent Maggie Hope (Mr. Churchill’s Secretary)?  She is back in two new stories by Susan MacNeal.  In The Prime Ministers Secret Agent, she investigates in inexplicable series of illness in Glasgow.  In Mrs Roosevelt’s Confidante, she accompanies … Continue reading →

Want a gothic twist to your thriller? In “The Obsession” by Nora Roberts, a woman finds new and anonymous life, after having brought her serial-killer father to justice. Only now, she discovers that a murderous stalker is trailing her. And … Continue reading →

Suspense readers will want to read “The Last Mile” by David Baldacci, in which “Memory Man” character Amos Decker returns to assist cold case unit.   In “War Hawk” by James Rollins, a former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his war … Continue reading →

More drama is in store with “The Excellent Lombards” by Jane Hamilton.  A Wisconsin girl reluctantly comes of age this “tender and rueful novel (Kirkus Reviews).”  Mary Frances’ idyllic life on her family apple farm begins to fray as they … Continue reading →

“Georgia” by Dawn Tripp, brings to life artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s conflict between the desires of heart heart and an artist’s need for independence.   Not long after arriving in New York, the young O’Keefe began a passionate affair with photographer Alfred … Continue reading →

Jobs is a biographical film on the life of Apple Exec Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender). Loosely based on the biography by Walter Isaacson, the film is structured into three acts. Each act taking places immediately prior to the launch of a … Continue reading →