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Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' has an old-school Hollywood musical feel and a sense of urgency—it already feels classic. Our review

At the beginning of Steven Spielberg’s brilliantly directed “West Side Story,” the Jets whistle, snap their fingers and pirouette around New York, a city that looms and sprawls but is

Moreno became the first Latina actor to win an Oscar for her role as Anita in the 1961 film. Chakiris won an Academy Award for his performance as Bernardo.

DAVE DAVIES, HOST: Now we're going to hear an excerpt of our 2001 interview with Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for her performance as Anita. She was

DAVE DAVIES, HOST: Now we're going to hear an excerpt of our 2001 interview with Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for her performance as Anita. She was

DAVE DAVIES, HOST: Now we're going to hear an excerpt of our 2001 interview with Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for her performance as Anita. She was

This West Side Story succeeds most as a revival not just of the musical but of the best of classical, studio-made, big-screen cinema.

DAVE DAVIES, HOST: Now we're going to hear an excerpt of our 2001 interview with Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for her performance as Anita. She was

The Jewish News of Northern California

Steven Spielberg's detractors sometimes reductively complain his movies like "Jaws" and "Jurassic Park" cheapen cinema, rendering it a mere showcase of special effects. Perhaps those critics might want to adjust their corrective lenses. The actual amount of screentime in those movies devoted to sharks and dinosaurs is remarkably sparse. The mechanical shark in the former barely worked, but he made viewers care about the three men hunting it down.