Postman Always Rings Twice, The

A somewhat slight but funny and insightful look at the aftermath of two revolutions: that of Francisco Franco and that of the 1960s

An extended dirty joke — that is, a very funny though obscene movie whose humor is, alas, inseparable from its obscenity

Pop cultural fantasy as a re-mythologization of the culture in the “progressive” interest — From The American Spectator of January-February, 2014

A politically partisan re-telling of a familiar story which is intended to place its subject in the best possible light

Here is the basic idea of Arlington Road, written by Ehren Kruger and directed by Mark Pellington. A history professor called Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges), who teaches a course on terrorism, gradually realizes that his new neighbors in the pleasant suburb where he lives are terrorists. If that premiss strains your credulity just a little,…

Martin Scorsese’s reverent Kundun proves the occasion for reminding us of a curious fact about Hollywood—namely that Buddhism is the only religion which Tinseltown treats with respect, let alone reverence. If I were a Buddhist, this would worry me. What is it that is wrong with this religion that a bunch of shallow, ignorant, self-important…