Blood on the Moon (University of New Mexico Press) the latest book by film historian Alan K. Rode (author of Michael Curtiz: A Life), takes a short scenic ride into Hollywood’s epic past to bring back a small gem for modern viewers. The book is a slim and trim history…

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid. —

A story of love between Clara and her children, set in 1970s Rome. —

Four Asian American friends bond while travelling through China in search of one of their birth mothers. —

Whose work among today’s filmmakers is more clearly identifiable than Wes Anderson’s? Ever since his early 2000 debut films, Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, the master of whimsy has produced incredibly distinctive films, dollhouses and toyboxes that are a joy to the eye (though sometimes muting the other senses). They’re defiantly…

While the news out of California seems a doom parade nowadays, bright pockets of light shine throughout the once-Golden State that some wags might now call “Burnt Umber.” One of these lights is Nevada County. With a border shaped like a derringer, it lies an hour’s drive northeast of Sacramento…

The wealthy client of a dominatrix tries to end their relationship with disastrous consequences… —

A novelist’s longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book. —

The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone. —