Black Hawk Down (2001)
[See discussion under “My Diary” for July 17, 2013]
Much Ado About Nothing
A mostly faithful and often amusing updating of Shakespeare for which there is no apparent reason except as a demonstration of the film-maker’s cleverness
Entry from July 10, 2013
This summer I am presenting on behalf of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the Hudson Institute in Washington a series of six films on the general theme of Why We Fight: War Movies and War, Then and Now. The films are being shown at the Hudson Institute, 1015 15th Street N.W., Suite 600,…
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
[See discussion under “My Diary” for July 10, 2013]
Entry from July 3, 2013
This summer I am presenting on behalf of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the Hudson Institute in Washington a series of six films on the general theme of Why We Fight: War Movies and War, Then and Now. The films are being shown at the Hudson Institute, 1015 15th Street N.W., Suite 600,…
Copperhead
An interesting historical essay-in-film on the political complexity of Civil War America which, however, goes badly wrong toward the end
Theories of Relativity
Just who are the foolish, deluded, pernicious peddlers of the alleged “doctrine of austerity” we hear so much about? — From The New Criterion of June, 2013
The Mole in Don Draper
Can we see the monster-hero of “Mad Men” as also a hero of progressivism? — From The American Spectator of June, 2013
Entry from June 27, 2013
This summer I am presenting on behalf of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the Hudson Institute in Washington a series of six films on the general theme of Why We Fight: War Movies and War, Then and Now. The films are being shown at the Hudson Institute, 1015 15th Street N.W., Suite 600,…
They Were Expendable (1945)
[See discussion under “My Diary” for June 27, 2013]
Entry from June 20, 2013
This summer I am presenting on behalf of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the Hudson Institute in Washington a series of six films on the general theme of Why We Fight: War Movies and War, Then and Now. The films are being shown at the Hudson Institute, 1015 15th Street N.W., Suite 600, and…
In Which We Serve (1942)
[See discussion under “My Diary” for June 20, 2013]