“Coppola and copilot Mario Puzo blast off for some cosmic Shakespearean netherworld of tearful soliloquies and dynastic tragedy,”
Originally published December 25, 1990
“No less than Charlie Chaplin, its only pop rival for the affection of Jazz Age aesthetes, Krazy Kat synthesized a particular mixture of sweetness and slapstick, playful fantasy and emotional brutality.”
Originally published June 3, 1986
“Improbable as it may seem, Michael Douglas currently commands a per-picture salary of some $15 million just to play That Evil White Guy You’re Always Complaining About.”
Originally published March 7, 1995
“As the New Dole dawns, we peer into our Kristol ball and see two years in Limbaugh with our Newtered president making ever more feeble attempts to recast himself as an old-fashioned TruMan.”
January 14, 2020
25 years ago, we asked if Disney’s latest would “spawn a new American trademark.” Was there really any doubt?
July 16, 2019
Reflections on film, culture, sport, and freedom — from the United States
Originally published April 10, 1984