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Written in the 1950s, "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" was forgotten until it was recently adapted into a major motion picture
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As the detective stalks movie theaters, our reporter tracks down the favorite haunts of Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous sleuth
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The composer's early-Georgian town house reflects his life and times
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A musical rite of the holiday season, the Baroque-era oratorio still awes listeners more than 250 years after the composer's death
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She began her career as a musical prodigy and ended up breaking down racial barriers in the recording and film industries
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Discover old haunts that inspired thrills and chills in fiction and film
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Poet David Lehman provides a list of his favorite songs from the 1930s, including works by Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and others
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Poet David Lehman talks about the brilliant Jewish composers and lyricists whose work largely comprises the great American songbook
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For years, the recording industry excluded black artists. Along came Motown, and suddenly everyone was singing its tunes
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Billie Holiday’s favorite musician, jazz great Lester “Prez” Young brought a hip, freewheeling sensibility to his saxophone playing
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The folk musician talks about his new album – a lost recording of a solo concert held days before the legendary music festival
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The author of The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, traveled many paths before he found his Yellow Brick Road
As Michael Parfit bids goodbye to the Cannes Film Festival, there is good news for Luna from the Canary Islands
The buzz surrounding a new film leaves Cannes-goers anxious, but Michael Parfit finds reasons for hope
Beyond the red carpet and glamorous stars, films are boiled down to a mere few words, some more memorable than others
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Documentaries on dolphin slaughter and reconciliation in Rwanda are contrasted by the glamorous party scene at Cannes
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Like filmmaking itself, selling a movie at Cannes is an intense labor of love
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Filmmakers Michael Parfit and Suzanne Chisholm watch preparations in Cannes and prepare to take on the festival known as the Marché du Film
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In the 1940s and 50s, photographer Herman Leonard captured icons of the jazz world, including Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
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The ‘Night at the Museum’ films aren’t the only films that take place largely in the confines of a museum
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