Treasure Island Treasure Island
Reviews of Iron Island, Inside Man and Sisters in Law.
Apr 6, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Typecast as a Terrorist Typecast as a Terrorist
The detainment of two actors from The Road to Guantánamo reveals a legal apparatus that is no longer able to distinguish between real and invented threats.
Mar 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Adam Federman
Consuming Desires Consuming Desires
Thank You for Smoking praises the professional hucksters of the cigarette companies, and Duck Season is a road movie in which the scenery doesn't change.
Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Dream Life The Dream Life
In The Power of Movies, Colin McGinn asserts that films are the medium best suited to imitate the workings of the dreaming mind.
Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gilberto Perez
Life Is Sweet Life Is Sweet
Federico Fellini: His Life And Work effaces nearly everything written about the great Italian director, offering a distinct critical analysis and an absorbing account of his privat...
Mar 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Cowie
The Candidate The Candidate
James Carville peddles democracy in Bolivia in Our Brand Is Crisis, and anti-Nazi passions play out in Sophie Scholl: The Last Days.
Feb 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Compromising Positions Compromising Positions
Richard Schickel's biography of Elia Kazan is a laudatory postscript to a life marked by social turmoil, political strife and artistic intensity.
Feb 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Bromwich
A Touch of Evil A Touch of Evil
Reviews of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Battle in Heaven, Blossoms of Fire and The Fallen Idol.
Feb 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Unquiet American The Unquiet American
Reviews of Why We Fight, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World and Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story.
Jan 25, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Cruel and Unusual Punishment Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Michael Haneke's Caché is a stylish thriller that scrapes away at the surface of polite European affluence to lay bare the moral rot beneath.
Jan 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans