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This harrowing television drama, from the U.K.’s Channel 4, is a provocative look at the state of the modern Middle East that will shock as many people as it will enthrall, merely by dint of its reasoned, unhysterical look at Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians…
Sometimes it’s a chore trying to pick which of several likely candidates is the oh-no-est DVD of the week. And sometimes they send you an engraved invitation requesting the pleasure of your ridicule…
If you despair of the lack of smart, mature movies for adults now, just wait till The King’s Speech, reedited for knee-jerk prudes afraid of their own shadows and unable to competently parent their children to explain how words work, makes $100 million at the box office.
Hmmm. I wonder if I would have been happier not seeing this trailer. Infection? Is that it?
William Skidelsky in The Observer recently went off on a rant that has the definite whiff of Emily Litella about it: “It’s time to stop this obsession with works of art based on real events,” insists his headline. For some reason this makes me believe he must be misunderstanding some other problem…
Nothing says political freedom like half-naked girls gyrating to a relentless dance beat! Viva la revolution! And the half-naked girls!
I posted these photos to Facebook and Twitter this past weekend, but since not everyone follows me there, here they are again…
Isn’t Topher Grace way too old to be playing the Guy Who Dropped Out of School to Bum Around in a Video Store Until He Figures Out Who He Is? Oh, right, I forgot: American male postadolescence extends until the age of 40 these days.
And was the ceremony any fun? How were James Franco and Anne Hathaway as hosts? What did I miss?
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