January 2013 - Looking Closer

January 31, 2013

"Don't waste my time" — that's the prevailing attitude for most readers on the Internet....

January 28, 2013

This article by Tyler Sage on Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master," published at The Los...

January 26, 2013

I'm delighted to see people taking notice of Sister Rose Pacatte, who goes about her...

January 26, 2013

Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson ended up parting ways on their collaboration on "The...

January 25, 2013

I'm almost always surprised when I come across new reviews of my four-novel fantasy series,...

January 22, 2013

An open letter to Neil Gaiman: Why? Why has "The Graveyard Book" been taken away...

January 18, 2013

Here is an index of all of the Good Letters posts I turned in. Some...

January 15, 2013

Every year, I end up adding a couple of late titles to my top ten...

January 13, 2013

A lot of people are talking about last night's Golden Globes awards. And why not?...

January 12, 2013

Who's "Barbara"? What's wrong with "Zero Dark Thirty"? Why are critics ganging up on "It's...

January 11, 2013

I usually marinate in all of the "favorite music of last year" lists through the...

January 10, 2013

Writing, I find, is a joy and an adventure. But it's not much of a...

January 10, 2013

Roger Ebert, who missed out on some of the year's big Oscar-season releases, finally caught...

January 05, 2013

Sure, there are some critics out there who strive to seem superior to others. But...

January 04, 2013

This morning, as the caffeine was just beginning to take effect, Anne and I appeared...

January 01, 2013

So, here they are: The films that inspired, moved, challenged, and intrigued me in 2012.