Like opera singers, professional baseball players, and Olympic-level figure skaters, writers have a responsibility to give their audience a deeply pleasurable experience. Acquiring the ability to consistently deliver such experiences takes hard work.
The Shoes of the Fisherman
This 1968 film, with its idealized vision of a truly humble and charitable pope, is worth watching in light of events in the Catholic Church today.
A Cozy Wedding in Indonesia
In Indonesia, the author is invited to attend a wedding reception like no other he has ever experienced.
Breakfast With Brubeck
Fond teenaged memories of ritually playing Dave Brubeck’s Live at Carnegie Hall album at Sunday breakfast in the 1960s.
Can You Say “Yeah, Lord”? A Review of Robert Duvall’s “The Apostle”
When the charismatic evangelical preacher Sonny Dewey commits a terrible crime he is forced to flee the community he has built and to go into hiding under an assumed name. But Sunny’s got “preacher” in his DNA and cannot stay in the shadows for long.
White Pride Day?
Despite continued incidences—and there are still too many—of racist, misogynist, and homophobic slurs, assaults, and even killings, despite stubbornly persistent ignorance of the culture and sensitivities of visible and invisible minorities, we have come far in the past fifty years, thanks to brave and blessed souls like Mohandas Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Harvey Milk, and many more.
Jessica Lange Shines in “Blue Sky”
This lovely little film, nearly lost in the bankruptcy of Orion Pictures in 1992, is primarily a vehicle for the outstanding performances of its two lead actors, Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones. Lange won the Academy Award for Best Actress as a result of her portrayal of military wife and sex-bomb wannabe Carly Marshall. […]
Conviction by Rumor and Hearsay: A Review of “Good Night and Good Luck”
Behind the good looks (People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2006) and roles in some pretty fluffy films, George Clooney has proven himself to be an actor of skill and substance (Syriana, Up in the Air, The Descendants). His work in Good Night and Good Luck demonstrates that he also has some pretty fine chops as a director.
The West Wing: Aaron Sorkin’s TV Gem (Part Two)
The West Wing was praised for its realistic depiction of the White House nerve centre, thanks to writers and consultants like former press secretary Dee Dee Myers and former White House aide Eli Attie, and to the show’s oversized and expensive set. Sorkin himself declared, “I really felt that we weren’t going to be able […]
The West Wing: Aaron Sorkin’s TV Gem (Part One)
There is only one series that has moved me to such a degree that I have been compelled to watch individual episodes numerous times. That series is The West Wing.
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