Film

I have seen Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy more times than I can count, but have not read J.R.R. Tolkien’s book.  And, although I read The Hobbit when I was in middle school, I don’t remember much about it.  Therefore, in considering the merits of Jackson&

Daniel Craig explores Bond’s damaged soul in ‘Skyfall’

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ is a canonization fer sure, as Abe might say.

Falling in love with Detroit

The church’s view of sex is more nuanced than “The Sessions” gives it credit for.

Andrea Arnold’s ‘Wuthering Heights’

Paul Thomas Anderson’s  ‘The Master’

A young Egyptian journeys back to his roots in ‘The Virgin, the Copts and Me’

The documentary ‘Tears of Gaza’ casts a cold eye on a brutal conflict.

A parable of Middle East peace, reviewed