Amsterdam Movie

We should, I suppose, be grateful to the British. They've just given us a new highly touted feature film about one of the most astonishing musicians of the last 40 years, and it is a film that promises to do for Elgar's Cello Concerto what "Elvira Madigan" did for Mozart's 21st Piano Concerto, and what "Shine" did for Rachmaninoff's Third.

We should, I suppose, be grateful to the British. They've just given us a new highly touted feature film about one of the most astonishing musicians of the last 40 years, and it is a film that promises to do for Elgar's Cello Concerto what "Elvira Madigan" did for Mozart's 21st Piano Concerto, and what "Shine" did for Rachmaninoff's Third.

Any guess what most parents' favorite topic is? Their kids, hands down. Bearing this in mind, the Family Channel has designed "Parenting Hour," which starts with American Baby, hosted by former "Hotel" star Heidi Bohay. This week, with "Having a Baby," the show examines delivery methods. The show also takes a look at "True Labor Stories: Getting Through the First Week." For parents of sons, the pros and cons of circumcision are explored.

In 1994, it seemed, you might have been classified as either a "Forrest Gump" person or a "Pulp Fiction" person, just as once upon a time you might have been asked whether you were a Beatles person or a Stones person. This was the year's Rorschach that presumably would determine whether you tended toward naughty or nice. And these were the two pictures that, above all others, captured America's adult imagination in the last year.