Culture
‘Desert One’: The imperialists who couldn’t shoot straight
November 21, 2019From Harlan to Hormel to Hemingway to Hostages, two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple is one of America’s preeminent documentarians.
Read moreWorld premiere play with music ‘Salvage’ launches in Los Angeles
November 21, 2019Though couched in a language with vaguely religious overtones, the message of Salvage applies to all of us trying to make a difference in the world.
Read more‘The Irishman’: Pacino, Paquin and the gangs of New York are all here
November 20, 2019I enjoyed this epic three quarters of the way through, but I could have lived without the final hour or so, which basically deals with growing old.
Read more‘Fifteen Men in a Smoke-Filled Room’: How Warren G. Harding became president
November 20, 2019The biggest White House corruption scandal ever recorded up to that point in history took place during the early years of Warren G. Harding’s administration.
Read moreNew PBS film ‘McCarthy’: Lessons unlearned
November 19, 2019Writer-director-producer Grimberg gives us a fine, understated look at what a genial, right-minded, homegrown elected-official terrorism looks like.
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