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The best DVD commentaries from which to learn filmmaking, featuring Scorsese, Tarantino, P.T. Anderson, Jane Campion, David Fincher, and more

Taking a page from 'Rock Hudson's Home Movies,' Stephen Kijak intercuts out-of-context scenes from the straight-acting star’s career with revealing interviews about his love life … and tragic death to AIDS.

1998’s immaculate collaboration expanded into a phantom musical, with unreleased covers and live cuts

In a tribute to longtime collaborator Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello sang "Baby, It's You," "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and “Please Stay” during his Gramercy run in New York.

Songwriter whose hits, including I Say a Little Prayer and Walk On By, became classics of easy-listening pop

From the pop music world comes the news that Burt Bacharach has passed away at the age of 94. At a time when rock and roll was king, he went defiantly in the opposite direction, although maybe “defiantly” is the wrong word for a guy whose songs are so chill that they remind you of Californians listening to their

From swinging ’60s sophistication to proto-yacht-rock to adult-contemporary elegance, the Bacharach songbook is sui generis in the annals of popular music.

Plus, the return of the musical “SIX” and the world premiere of Boston Opera Collaborative’s “Love in the Time Of…”

The forthcoming film series, "Brooke Adams: Radiance in Plain Sight," reveals the actor's relatability in five roles between 1978 and 1992.

Rob Sheffield's tribute to Olivia Newton-John, who died at the age of 73.