Does Professional Journalism Matter Anymore?
A couple of weeks ago, a plane landed on the Hudson River, just a stone’s throw
from where I was sitting at Space 38|39
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Film & Television
Morality Suspended in Seven Pounds
Usually, I am loathe to write about a big Hollywood blockbuster here, where
you’d hope to find news of an artful cinematic accomplishment, but when I saw
Seven Pounds [http://www.imdb.
Where is the Cinema?<br />Some Cities and Films in 2008
In his 1986 book about America, Baudrillard gets to Los Angeles and asks: “Where
is the cinema?” His odd response: “It is all around you outside, all over the
city, that marvelous, continuous
Virtuous Fun in the Films of Whit Stillman
Making the 12-hour road trip from Pennsylvania to Chicago, my friends and I
listened to a year-end top ten list from NPR’s David Edelstein
[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?
Financial Frenzy:<br />Don Delillo’s <i>Cosmopolis</i>
Eric Parker is a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager who wakes up with one
mission: to go across town for a haircut as he wagers his fortune in a daring
financial bet. Don DeLillo’