Girl Scouts: 100 Years Of Blazing New Trails
It’s hard to imagine Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice and Lucille Ball as part of the same club. But they were …
Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Is Buying ‘The New Republic’
Social media meets old media: Saying that he’s convinced “the demand for long-form, quality journalism is strong in our country,” …
Economic Conservatives Question Santorum’s Record
Support for Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign has been driven by his conservative stances on social issues. He has taken unyielding …
Love, Transformation And ‘Salmon Fishing’ Abroad
The cheerfully irreverent Yorkshire-bred screenwriter Simon Beaufoy has built a buoyantly exportable career by creating remarkable lives for seemingly unremarkable …
‘Jiro Dreams Of Sushi’: Perfection, Carefully Sliced
A bite-sized view of Japanese culture, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, is nearly as meticulous as its subjects, Jiro Ono and …
‘Footnote’: Parsing Truths, If You Can Pinpoint Them
The first joke in Footnote arrives before the movie even begins. The curtains open to their maximum width, signaling that …
‘John Carter’: Strange Land, Familiar Hero
John Carter may seem awfully familiar for a character who’d largely fallen out of pop-culture favor by the mid-20th century. …
‘Silent House’: Tick-Tock Terror That Takes Its Time
Even if Silent House had turned out as grimy, gory and stupid as much of its terrorplex ilk, the film …
‘Friends With’ Benefits From Its Complications
The premise of Friends with Kids is the stuff of high-concept romantic comedies: Writer-director Jennifer Westfeldt plays Julie, who’s at …
House Committee Urges Action On Food Stamp Fraud
With more than 46 million recipients, the food stamp program has become one of the government’s biggest benefit programs. It …
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