Israel’s Oz On ‘Village Life’ And Unhappy Endings
Israeli writer Amos Oz calls his latest book a novel in stories. Set in the fictional Israeli village of Tel …
High Anxieties Make For A Mad, Mad Movie World
In the space of a few weeks, Hollywood will give us four serious dramas about mentally unstable characters. It’s a …
Jimmy Fallon’s Giant List Of ‘Thank You Notes’
This interview was originally broadcast on May 23, 2011. Every single day of Jimmy Fallon’s life is like Thanksgiving. The …
Pop Culture Happy Hour: The Aging Of Admiration And A TV Pool Update
On this week’s Pop Culture Happy Hours, we start off with a discussion of the sometimes painful process of watching …
‘Margin Call’: A Movie Occupied With Wall Street
The timing is almost too good: a terrific Wall Street melodrama at the moment the Occupy Wall Street protests are …
‘Oranges And Sunshine,’ But Both Of Them Lies
If anyone could be expected to stake out the angels’ side of a social issue, it would be a son …
At ‘Le Havre,’ A Rue-Tinted Fable Of Time And Transit
A contemporary fable set in a place constructed from blocks of French cinematic history, Le Havre is one of Aki …
‘Catechism Cataclysm’: A Man Of The Cloth, Fraying
In the beginning of The Catechism Cataclysm, a deeply eccentric and mildly surreal indie comedy, a young priest tells his …
‘Martha Marcy’: By Any Name, A Sweet Debut
Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of famous fashion twins, has enormous translucent eyes that can turn as blank as a …
Fairy-Tale Adaptations: It’s Ever After, All Right
With NBC’s Grimm, the ABC series Once Upon A Time makes two new fairy tale-based shows premiering on network television …
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