Michael Yockel

Before Universal released Orson Welles' Touch of Evil in 1958, it added some new scenes, and fiddled with the editing and the soundtrack--all without the director's consent or cooperation. Crushed after screening a pre-debut cut of the film, Welles fired off a 58-page memo to the studio, detailing his objections,...

Amid all the manufactured mainstream media malarkey about 1) both Woodstocks (anniversary and 94), 2) the Rolling Stones' toothless and soulless new album, Voodoo Lounge, and the band's "Till Death Do Us Part" kabillion-dollar U.S. tour, and 3) the breathless promise of a concert, live from Graceland, of Elvis songs...