Arts
Rushes to judgment: Top 10 assassination / conspiracy movies
November 22, 2013Conventional thinkers, hacks and propagandists may seek to perpetrate and perpetuate lone gunman, magic bullet and other cover-ups about assassinations and the like - but the big screen knows better!
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In Verdi’s “Falstaff,” all the world’s a jest
November 18, 2013What better way to celebrate Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial than with a production of Falstaff?
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“Thor” sequel another hard-hitter
November 15, 2013As superhero flicks go, this one is still pretty standard fare for the casual viewer, but that doesn't mean it's not enjoyable.
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“Dallas Buyers Club”: We’re surprised you’re even alive
November 14, 2013Dallas Buyers Club is an uplifting morality tale that's about as good as the art of cinema gets.
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Syd Hoff and A. Redfield: Two sides of the same coin
November 14, 2013An almost unknown dimension of his amazing career, discovered by his heirs only after his death in 2004, was Hoff's work for left-wing periodicals in the '30s.
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