Caveat Caveat
There's a caveat on the living trees, but don't chop up the dead wood: especially not the trunks stretched hollow, homes of snakes and echidnas. When it rains hard they drum a bold message, and when the wind stirs through these sacred woodlands they pipe like great church organs. That's your patois. Understand. Understand.
Jan 7, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Kinsella
East of Eden East of Eden
James Dean makes his motion picture debut in this Elia Kazan movie film of John Steinbeck's novel set in rural California, just prior to America's involvement in World War I.
Jan 7, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
BookExpo 2012, Los Angeles BookExpo 2012, Los Angeles
The hottest titles exorcise ghosts from our political past.
Jan 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Will Heinrich
The Lost Weekend The Lost Weekend
Billy Wilder didn't have it in him to tell the story behind Don Binam's alcoholic binge as it appeared in the novel--that he'd had a homosexual affair in college.
Jan 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / James Agee
Norma Rae Norma Rae
While no flying nun, Salley Field is no less than heavenly as a wife and mother, organizing her fellow workers in a Southern textile factory.
Jan 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front
Eye-deep in hell during World War I.
Jan 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Bakshy
The Bridge on the River Kwai The Bridge on the River Kwai
A brutal tale that, ironically, sent thousands of moviegoers on their way whistling a happy tune.
Jan 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan
It was said that the opening scenes of the D-Day invasion were so realistic that veterans hospitals across the country became filled with vets suffering from flashbacks after seein...
Jan 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard
Silent screen star Norma Desmond gets one more close-up.
Jan 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Manny Farber
Hoop Dreams Hoop Dreams
...are made to be broken, as Arthur Agee and William Gates learned the hard way over the five years their lives on and off the court were filmed.
Jan 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans