Train, The (1964)

“Tyger, Tyger burning bright.” See the connection with comic-book superheroes? No, I didn’t either.

Rachel Boynton tells a good story — at least for political junkies — but tries to make it mean something it doesn’t

Pity poor Pat Tillman, fated to be a posthumous propaganda tool for one side or the other in our increasingly graceless public dialogue on matters of war and peace

There is sometimes a fine line between the pitiless, unflinching gaze that sees things as they are and the impulse to glory in moral squalor. Todd Solondz doesn’t avoid crossing it.

Anyone who loves words and word games, and especially anyone who has ever struggled with the New York Times crossword, will find a lot to enjoy in this movie