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Dentist

Mark S. Jacobs, D.D.S. Tell us about your work--what do you do? I'm in general dentistry , serving people from two or three years old up to the elderly…

Edgar Degas

Name at birth: Hilaire-Germaine-Edgar DegasEdgar Degas was a French painter and sculptor who is best known for his depictions of ballet dancers. Although closely associated with the Impressionist…

Heist

Director/Writer:David MametWarner Bros.; R; 107 minutesRelease:11/01Cast:Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Sam Rockwell Writer-director David Mamet is theatrically self-aware and reliably competent…

Alfred A. Knopf Biography

Alfred A. Knopfbook publisherBorn: 9/12/1892Birthplace: New York City A premier book publisher who paid as much attention to the typestyle and materials of the books he published as to the…

Roger Corman Biography

Roger Cormandirector, producer, screenwriter, actorBorn: 1926Birthplace: Detroit It's hard to know how Hollywood could have survived without Corman. Hailed as “The king of the B movies,” his…

Blade 2

Director:Guillermo del ToroWriter:David GoyerNew Line Cinema; R; 108 minutesRelease:3/02Cast:Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman Vampire aesthetics have, for several hundred years…

Movies and Film: The Schools of Film Acting

The Schools of Film ActingMovies and FilmArtists or Stars? The Aesthetics of ActingFilm Acting vs. Theater ActingThe Star SystemThe Schools of Film Acting"The Actor's Director": Priming the Prima…

Theories of the Universe: The Alpha and the Omega

The Alpha and the OmegaTheories of the UniverseScientific Origins of the UniverseBang That DrumA Big Bang AlternativeThe Accelerating UniversePlasma CosmologyThe Standard ModelThe Alpha and the…

Professor Emeritus of Physics

Roger Dittmann Tell us about your work---what do you do? I teach physics , in my case I teach mostly advance courses. I started in nuclear physics…

Why We Study Poetry

Everyone, at some point in their life, has probably questioned the value of poetry (including this writer). Among the many accusations leveled against poetry are that it is frivolous in comparison…