Situation Hopeless … But Not Serious is a quirky little black-and-white film from 1965. Set near the end of World War II, it concerns two U.S. flyers kept hidden in a German basement after bailing out over enemy territory; their kooky captor winds up holding them long after the war has ended — by not
British author Patrick O’Brian (1914-2000) churned out more than 20 books in his acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin saga — a series of seagoing stories set during the Napoleonic Wars. Marked by fascinating characters, lush detail and bracingly authentic naval action, they’ve been called “the best historical novels ever written” (New York Times Book Review). Last week in
Even though summer has sailed into the sunset, your local word-Smith still has boating on the brain. It all started weeks ago, when Webb’s Weird Words chose to honor sailing season — along with this summer’s 50th anniversary of Jaws — by looking at vocab related to watercraft. After no less than three articles on
Perhaps only Wes Anderson would have the audacity to cast Bill Murray as God. He’s also among the few people who could pull it off — without seeming blasphemous or just plain silly. In fact, the latest from this idiosyncratic filmmaker — The Phoenician Scheme — winds up charting a similarly surprising spiritual journey: It
“I wanted to make the greatest rock record that I’d ever heard.” That’s Bruce Springsteen describing Born to Run — which seems to have fulfilled this hope, as it’s still going strong for its 50th anniversary. Released Aug. 25, 1975, the Boss’s third album became his breakout — a perfect suite of eight magnificently engineered
