“My God, how does one write a Biography?” The question is Virginia Woolf’s, and she grappled with it throughout her lifetime. She kept the most detailed of diaries, and many of her introspective novels are literary tapestries of experiences and memories.

Wes Craven’s latest film, Music of the Heart (now available on video), is a welcome change of tune for Craven, who has thus far been a single-genre director of horror movies, most notably the Nightmare on Elm Street series and Scream.