Call for Papers: Anachronism in Art - Pros and Cons

Lesley Smith

Features

Thursday, January 19 2012

TV 2011: Survivalist Crime Solvers

Recent US crime shows claim not only that the law does not provide justice to ordinary Americans, but also that it cannot do so.


Tuesday, June 17 2003

An Admirable Account of Himself

Gregory Peck was enthralled with the process of becoming someone else, and worked at perfecting it until the very end of his motion picture career.


Reviews

Sunday, April 21 2013

'The Bletchley Circle': WWII Women Finding Solutions

This series cleverly captures how World War II, with its massive mobilization of British men from all walks of life into the armed forces, transformed many thousands of women’s lives.


Tuesday, March 19 2013

'How We Invented the World': The McNuggetization of History

While How We Invented the World offers enough believe-it-or-not facts to light up a dull dinner conversation, it never explains the links among the Titanic, Luigi Galvani, and Hedi Lamar.


Wednesday, October 10 2012

'Nashville' Revives the Vanishing Art of the Ensemble Drama

In Nashville, country star Rayna faces her vulnerability and finds resolve.


Friday, October 5 2012

'Frankenweenie': Tim Burton's Surfaces

Dull and lackluster storytelling is forgivable: marginalizing and humiliating in a children’s movie those who look or sound different, is not.


Thursday, September 27 2012

'Last Resort': Into the Heart of Something

Last Resort’s rudimentary entertainment derives almost wholly from Martin Campbell’s direction. He uses shot size and framing to amp up the meaning of dialogue, and as often pulls back from a moment of tension as he zooms in.


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