By Mar 28,2007

Black Snake Moan

It is not especially noteworthy that Craig Brewer has put his fetishes up on the big screen for the whole world to see. The achievement is in how well he...

By Dec 17,2006

Christmas killjoys

Christmas--and anything that smacks of the alleged superstition of Christianity--seems to be slowly but methodically being removed from the British public sphere (as it is in America).

By Dec 11,2006

Pre-Columbian passion

If the murmured exclamations that precede it–a cast of hundreds of amateur actors; set in pre-Columbian Mexico; shot entirely in an obscure Mesoamerican dialect–didn’t tip you off about the scale...

By Dec 04,2006

Corrupting mumble

Exhausted by the seemingly never ending political season, frustrated by Republican repudiation of the brand of conservatism that led to victory and a brief stint as the majority party, seeking...