I approached Argo with a certain amount of trepidation since it depicted events very close to my own life. Read more
I approached Argo with a certain amount of trepidation since it depicted events very close to my own life. Read more
Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines is a serviceable if somewhat superficial summary of the American feminist movement as reflected through the representation of female heroes in comic books, television, and film. Read more
Leviathan is not a narrative film. Read more
Does the film community do a better job than the larger American community at respecting its elder statesmen? Read more
Everyone thinks they would be more generous if they had just a little more. Read more
What is the difference been "occupied" and "held" territories? Read more
Assassins don't kill people. Corrupt bureaucrats who control assassins kill people. Read more
When one thinks of Paul Thomas Anderson, one normally doesn’t think of romantic comedy. Read more
The quickest and easiest way to annoy a fan of Far From Heaven, I suppose, is to say something like, "Yes, I know it is a Douglas Sirk homage, I just don't know that Douglas Sirk's films are all that great to begin with." Read more
In his critical reception history for the novel in the Bedford edition, Alistair Duckworth notes that "feminist voices" were seldom heard championing Austen prior to the 1970s Read more