Unforgiven Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood won his first Academy Award for this Dirty-Harry-meets-the-western classic.
Jan 9, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Raging Bull Raging Bull
Robert DeNiro put on sixty pounds during the course of filming, probably by swallowing all that Hershey's syrup Martin Scorsese used for blood in the brutal black and white fight s...
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Annie Hall Annie Hall
Of all the shiksa goddesses that Woody Allen created, none could top Annie Hall. "La-dee-da, la-dee-da..."
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
The Third Man The Third Man
Something was rotten in postwar Vienna, but it wasn't Graham Greene's brilliant screenplay.
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Manny Farber
Forrest Gump Forrest Gump
In which an addled man stumbles through recent American history, kind of like George W. Bush.
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Guilt and Absolution: Carlos Reygadas’s ‘Silent Light’ Guilt and Absolution: Carlos Reygadas’s ‘Silent Light’
Reviewing Silent Light and more.
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Tales from the Vitrine: Battles Over Stolen Antiquities Tales from the Vitrine: Battles Over Stolen Antiquities
How powerful museums and private collectors act as stewards and looters of the world's cultural treasures.
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Britt Peterson
Gospel Secrets: The Biblical Controversies of Morton Smith Gospel Secrets: The Biblical Controversies of Morton Smith
A new book explores the longstanding scholarly debate over a secret and libertine Gospel of Mark.
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Anthony Grafton
FDR: A Model for Obama? FDR: A Model for Obama?
Like his Depression-era counterpart, Obama must take bold action, seize opportunity and experiment.
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Tony Badger
Our Lincoln Our Lincoln
As a politician, Lincoln's greatness lay in his capacity for growth. Can Obama follow suit?
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner