P.G. Sturges just released his new novel, "Tribulations of the Shortcut Man." STORY HIGHLIGHTS P.G. Sturges, son of famous director Preston Sturges, writes classic noir novels His latest, "Tribulations of the Shortcut Man," is out this week The story is

CULTURAL COUNCIL Feb. 9 - The West Hartford Cultural Council presents the one night only townwide performance-fundraiser, featuring the a capella music of Ball in the House. It's 5 guys 5 voices and that's all. The show starts at 7 p.m. Thursday at Hall

Preston Sturges–the best comedic director in film history? Yes. And it’s not even close. Yep — not even close. As they say at the races, “daylight second.” But as to Hitchcock. No, Hitchcock isn’t overrated, just a few of h

I just had my first good experience of PULP FICTION last night, when I watched it on Blu-ray. When I say “good experience,” I mean I finally saw the movie as it should be seen. I’ve always liked it — in fact I liked it a lot when I saw it in 1994 — and I

Better and more acerbic than its title would suggest, Big Miracle is not just another cetacean liberation movie, in the mould of Dolphin Tale and the trio of Free Willy movies. In fact, it’s a screwball comedy, with a possible debt to Preston Sturges’s 1

French farce is alive and reasonably well in 2 Days in New York, a madcap inter-family romp that deftly keeps many comic balls in the air for a good hour, before dropping some in the final stretch. Showing a disarming flair for clever, multi-lingual bawd