In the early '70s, two movies by two NYU film-school brats have brought upon a revolution in gangster film, molding it from pulp into a legitimate - and uniquely American - art form. Scorsese's "Mean Streets" turned wiseguys into fast-talking, hyperviolent eternal adolescents, equal parts childish bravado and guilt. Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" took a grandiose, operatic approach to the matter, presenting to us the Mob royalty as a mythical compound of Old World values in an unwelcoming environment. 
'Godfather' hits theaters: Coppola's classic returns to big screen after 25 years
When aviator Amelia Earhart's plane went down in the Pacific in 1937, her disappearance became a puzzling enigma, complete with searches and conspiracy theories. Sixty years later, first-time author Jane Mendelsohn has explored what might have happened after the crash in her novel, "I Was Amelia Earhart."
Mendelsohn to read from 'Amelia Earhart'
Everyone, jump for joy! There is yet another sitcom on television depicting the struggles of life in the '90s as seen through the eyes of an individual. No, it's not "Ellen" or "The Single Guy," or any of the other shows that have basically the same premise. The ABC Network would like to present "The Drew Carey Show" in its second season as the network's resident mediocre "life comedy."
'Carey Show' sparks up prime time
Frantisek Louka, once a renowned cellist for the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, now struggles to make a living. Blacklisted by the government for making an insulting comment, his primary means of subsistence is playing at funerals.
Unable to make ends meet, the middle-aged bachelor reluctantly agrees to an arranged marriage set up by a friend, to a Russian woman in need of Czech papers. However, when she leaves the country for Germany to be with her lover, Louka's life becomes more complicated than he would ever imagine.Powerful characters make 'Kolya' succeed
Despite popular belief, the Gothic Age of Europe was not all about churches with pointed-arch windows, such as Notre Dame and Chartres. Like any good art movement, the Gothic Age, which lasted from the 13th through the 15th century, encompassed a variety of art genre: architecture, music, painting and, in the case of the most recent exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts, sculpture.
Gothic exhibit is first of its kind
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