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Focuses on the motion pictures included in the `Neo-Noir' series of movies in celebration for the Film Forum in New York City, New York. Directors whose works will be presented in the forum; Theme considered on the selection of motion picture for the series; Element of neo-noir movies.

SEVENTY years ago next month, Long Island suffered an unprecedented disaster, the infamous hurricane of 1938. It destroyed a huge number of East End homes and businesses, obliterated fishing villages, ravaged the pine barrens, altered the landscape by creating the Shinnecock Inlet and killed at least 50 people. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that the next expansion of high-definition television programming will depend upon the selling of decoders, which are required in order to receive high-definition channels.

Deals with the efforts and challenges faced by archivists and collectors in preserving the history of television in the United States.

Features television and film director Sidney Lumet.

Provides information on the motion picture `Hi-Lo Country.' Historical background of the film; Story of the film.

Profiles actress and director Ida Lupino. Information on her career as a director; Information on her movies; Details on the reappraising and re-releasing of her films on video.

Features British comic Rowan Atkinson and his television series `Mr. Bean.' Type of character Mr. Bean features; Educational background of Atkinson; American resistance to British humor.

States that the film industry in the United States, is finding use for movie concepts from the past. Reference to several films, which movie concepts are being borrowed from; Comments from writer and director Joel Coen;

Features Nat Hiken, creator of the television series `Sgt. Bilko,' from which the movie with the same title was adapted. Career background; Background on Hiken's style of comedy.

Presents information on Preston Sturges, who made seven classic movies between 1940 and 1944, including `The Great McGinty,' `Christmas in July,' and `The Lady Eve.' Names of the other four movies; How Sturges was characterized by the critic, Manny Farber; Information on Sturges' films; Sturges' success and failure as a Broadway playwright.

Profiles Harry Langdon, a comedy actor in the silent film era in the United States. Various films created by Langdon; Comments from William Schelly, Langdon's biographer.

Examines the popularity of animated characters Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose, known as Rocky and Bullwinkle. Return of these characters to Macy's Thanksgiving Parade; Information on Rocky and Bullwinkle television programs; Book published about Rocky and Bullwinkle; Origins of the characters; Comments from writer Allan Burns.