A collection of 243 posts
A new version of Tinto Brass and Bob Guccione’s notorious 1979 film ‘Caligula’ provides a valuable record of one of the most fascinating disasters in cinema history.
Denial of “invisible” suffering is bad science and worse ethics.
Al Pacino’s personal life has been a bit of a train wreck, but his new memoir leaves no doubt that acting has been the most important thing in his life.
Andrew Dominik’s much-maligned film about the life and death of a screen icon claws through the sentimental myth-making in search of terrible truths.
The journey of two novels from mind to page to silver screen.
It is time for democratic countries to accept that the existing system is broken and that they must develop a new global security architecture.
Steve Albini and the new problem with music.
Why a right-wing populist has qualms about J.D. Vance and his postliberal ideology.
Frantz Fanon, Stokely Carmichael, and the roots of the uproar over Zionism.
Liberalising trends within Islam are facing resistance from radicals committed to a narrative of victimhood and grievance.
Sacha Guitry disdained cinema as an art form, but with a slew of recent Blu-ray releases, his acidic comedies are finally receiving the attention they deserve.
Elvis Costello at three score and ten.
The story of how a liberal college promoted and defended an Iranian Islamist and betrayed its own values.
In anticipation of the Democrats’ Convention in Chicago, a look back at Joe Klein’s splendid 1996 novel ‘Primary Colors’—a fascinating snapshot of Democratic Party politics at the end of the 20th century.
Many liberals are strangely eager to concede that liberal societies are morally and spiritually bankrupt without religion to give life meaning.