‘The Unbelievers’ follows two superstars of neo-atheism: Richard Dawkins and Larry Krauss.
John Anderson
Scamming for Survival: The reckless life of an AIDS rebel
John Anderson reviews “Dallas Buyers Club,” nominated for best picture in the weekend’s Academy Awards.
Dallas Revisited: ‘Parkland’ adds little to JFK lore
The most important news photographer of the 20th century was a Russian-Jewish immigrant clothing manufacturer from Dallas, Texas, who almost left his camera home on the day his life went crazy. Abraham Zapruder, whose half-minute film has fueled a half century of conspiracy theories, recorded a pres
Porn and Penance: Joseph Gordon Levitt channels Augustine in ‘Don Jon’
Joseph Gordon Levitt’s ‘Don Jon’ is an Augustinian journey through cinematic excess.
All That Glitters: Baz Luhrmann presents an overwrought ‘Gatsby’ for the digital age
Baz Luhrmann presents an overwrought ‘Gatsby’ for the digital age
Nothing like Kansas: ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’ strays from its roots.
If it only had a brain, one is tempted to suggest, Oz the Great and Powerful might have been as welcome as spring. Still, it is not an entirely brainless movie or completely lacking a heart. And it certainly has nerve: Positioned as the very presumptive heir to “The Wizard of Oz,” perhap
Hunger for Change: The urgent message of ‘A Place at the Table’
The urgent message of ‘A Place at the Table’
The Hunted and the Haunted: Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ is a masterpiece of ambiguity.
Abe, Honestly: Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’
Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ is a canonization fer sure, as Abe might say.
True Believers: Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’
Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’
