Fifty Years ago….I actually missed the date: May 8, 1958, when Hammer’s classic version of Dracula was released in the US (as Horror of Dracula). The film made Christopher Lee a star overnight. (It almost type-cast him to death as well.) But the effect it had on cinema is hard to appreciate now. Martin Scorcese… Continue reading

Performance Art: Boston style:Jay Fitzgerald beats me to this beauty. If you can stand the crappy camera work–no wait, just turn around from your screen and listen to the beer-soaked caterwauling. The guy’s blood-alcohol must be 40%…. It should be beyond belief. But it’s not. Because it’s Boston.

Well, this is a shock: A survey released last week found one reason America doesn’t top the list: Baby Boomers are generally miserable compared to other generations. Further, a public opinion poll released by the Pew Research Center in April found that 81 percent of Americans say they believe the country is on the “wrong… Continue reading