By: Brian Berger

His Cold War movies predict Pynchon’s seriocomic acuities.

By: Brian Berger

She thrived in any musical context: jazz, blues, hokum, pop.

By: Brian Berger

His career was a study in contrasts, brilliant and awful.

By: Brian Berger

“Throb, baffled and curious brain!”

By: Brian Berger

Freed by burnt cork, he became a phenomenon.

By: Brian Berger

He aimed to liberate America aesthetically and socially.

By: Brian Berger

“Cheyenne Autumn” almost made her famous.

By: Brian Berger

A military comedy, a corporate espionage tale, a wicked sex romp.

By: Brian Berger

“Santa Claus Is A Black Man.”

By: Brian Berger

Before Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life!

By: Brian Berger

An avuncular yet urgent singer-songwriter.

By: Brian Berger

“Ward Bond is a shit but he’s our favorite shit.”

By: Brian Berger

An anarchist without adjectives.

By: Brian Berger

1956 was an annus mirabilis for Nat King Cole.

By: Brian Berger

Brazilian masterpieces small and humongous.