Only One, Michael? Not long ago, the Washington Post headlined an op-ed piece by Michael Kinsley: “One Reason not to Like Bush.” I had the same reaction that I did to the New York Review of Books screamer promising “Paul Krugman on Bush’s Lies” or some such. Did the headline writer suppose that this was…
The habits of making movies for young teenagers have taken hold even in movies ostensibly made for grown-ups — From the American Spectator, October, 2003
Political opposition seems more and more to consist of charges of dishonesty — about which charges those who make them are often none too scrupulous — From The New Criterion, October, 2003
An absolute mess of a film, Robert Benton’s adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel will leave viewers wondering what on earth it all has to do with Bill Clinton
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has generously taken time out from his busy schedule coping with the crisis provoked in the Church of England by the appointment of a homosexual bishop in New Hampshire to instruct us barbarous and ignorant Americans that terrorists can have “serious moral goals.” Who knew? Speaking to the…
Lara Croft, Tomb-raider, has branched out into good works among the world’s refugees, but she hasn’t lost the tank top nor become any less of a video game
This film by Peter Hedges tries hard to be both charming and uplifting but doesn’t quite succeed in being either
Once again the Coen brothers show themselves to be master craftsmen of the cinema without anything much to say
If I weren’t afraid that you’d think me a potential murderer, I’d say that I felt a twinge of sympathy for Kendel Ehrlich, the wife of the Governor of Maryland, who said that she thought Britney Spears ought to be shot. Of course she had to apologize. And then she had to apologize some more….
