Picture This! Reviews Sideways A ‘Sideways’ Glance I can say without reservation that the characters rang true to my experience… By Rebecca Redshaw Alexander Payne has a way with dialogue. His words ring true which is no small feat… (READ MORE)
Picture This! Reviews The Sea Inside “…reviewing ‘The Sea Inside’ is virtually impossible for me.” By Rebecca Redshaw We get caught up in hoopla. We all do. With Oscars now placed on select mantles and advertising hysteria subdued until next… (READ MORE)
Picture This! Reviews Million Dollar Baby Worth every dime… You have to admire a movie star/director who allows another actor to call him an “old man” on the big screen. In Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood plays Frankie, the… (READ MORE)
‘Indivisible By Four’ by Arnold Steinhardt An insider’s view of the Guarneri Quartet By Rebecca Redshaw Reprinted from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sunday, May 02, 1999 Arnold Steinhardt’s memoir of the Guarneri String Quartet is about chamber music the way the… (READ MORE)
‘Anne Morrow Lindbergh — Her Life’ by Susan Hertog Anne Lindbergh struggled to balance family and ambition By Rebecca Redshaw Reprinted from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sunday, February 06, 2000 Most of us will never know the kind of devastation coupled… (READ MORE)
‘Blonde’ by Joyce Carol Oates ‘Blonde’ suggests grounds for revoking Oates’ poetic license By Rebecca Redshaw Reprinted from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sunday, April 02, 2000 With more than 30 novels, more than 40 Web sites, two shelves filled in… (READ MORE)
‘The Binding Chair, Or A Visit From The Foot Emancipation Society’ by Kathryn Harrison Seductive story explores unraveling of cultural bonds By Rebecca Redshaw Reprinted from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sunday, June 18, 2000 For more than 1,000 years, foot-binding… (READ MORE)
‘The First Time I Got Paid For It’ Edited by Peter Lefcourt and Laura J. Shapiro Screenwriters take readers along on their roads to acceptance By Rebecca Redshaw Reprinted from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sunday, December 03, 2000 The temptation when… (READ MORE)
High-profile Greek tragedy: How Maria Callas and Ari Onassis finally lost at love By Rebecca Redshaw Reprinted from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sunday, November 12, 2000 Maria. Ari. Jackie. People so famous in the 20th century that no last name… (READ MORE)
Talented Theodore Bikel thrives on diversity By Rebecca Redshaw Reprinted from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Tuesday, October 26, 1999 Tevye, the patriarch in “Fiddler on the Roof,” often philosophized, “on the one hand … and on the other hand…,” filling… (READ MORE)