By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Carter Burwell has composed the music for more than 80 features films in his long career. The native New Yorker has penned the scores of nearly all of the films of sibling filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, including “Raising Arizona,” “Miller’s Crossing [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON and JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—For five seasons, Laura Carmichael has played plotting and often put-upon middle child Edith Crawley on the worldwide hit TV drama series “Downton Abbey.” The sixth—and final—season premieres Sunday, Jan. 3 at 9 p.m./8C on PBS. The lon [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features The Gallagher clan is back in the fifth season of Showtime’s popular series “Shameless,” which is set for release on DVD and Blu-ray Tuesday Dec. 29 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Titled “Shameless: The Complete Fifth Season,” it features all 12 episodes [...]

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Self-described film buff Quentin Tarantino shot his new wildly over-the-top Western “The Hateful Eight” in the mostly disused “Ultra Panavision” 70mm format. The film, starring actors who regularly appear in the filmmaker’s repertory inclu [...]