Genres

RocknRolla (15) (Independent)

7 Sep 2008

In one of the more likeable touches in RocknRolla, one of Guy Ritchie's underworld types reveals a fondness for watching DVDs: what else but The Remains of the Day and Pride & Prejudice? It's a cheeky reminder that in British cinema, there are only two genres that really count: posh period drama and rough-and-ready gangland thriller.

Family games help Xbox defy recession (The New Zealand Herald)

6 Sep 2008

The New Zealand video game industry is defying the recession, with sales increasing from $121,312,445 from June 2006 to May last year, to $145,662,181 from June 2007 to May this year.

Arts Council to Welcome Pianafiddle Sept. 13 (Park Hills Daily Journal)

6 Sep 2008

Is it bluegrass? Ragtime? Jazz? Celtic? Pianafiddle, featuring the violin/fiddle of Adam DeGraff and the piano of Lynn Wright, blurs the lines of musical genres in a sublime improvisational blend, starting out with a familiar tune and treating it with several different melodic styles.