Robert Redford R.I.P.- The Way We Were

I fell in love for the first time in the summer of 1973 when I was 18. He was a heartthrob. A golden boy. A WASP to my Jewish, more progressive political self. Away at college in Syracuse, I snuck

To Sidney a Trailblazer, With Love

In 1964, the same year the Beatles forever changed our world, a dark-skinned actor from the Bahamas changed our perception of what a leading man could look like. Sidney Poitier, a man as swoon-worthy as Paul Newman, with the charm

The Year of the Woman

  Shirley Chisholm, Flo Kennedy, Bella Abzug, oh my! An amazing documentary that had been lost in time….until now. A  documentary that disappeared more than 40 years ago is finally available to everyone for the first time – a gift

Marilyn Monroe Remembered

I had never been to the movies before. Constantly being warned that it was essential to keep a light on while watching your TV lest you ruin your eyes for life, here I was watching a bigger than life  screen