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It was soon discovered, that the forms of a free, and the ends of an arbitrary Government, were things not altogether incompatible. –Burke I think that remark sums up the current direction of things pretty nicely. It serves as an epigraph to a set of articles in the most recent New Criterion titled "The corruption of
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I mentioned a few weeks ago (in a comment on Louise's George Orwell post) that I had listened to a recording of part of this book and had found it disappointing. I knew the recording was at least part of the problem. I just didn't care for the actor's voice and style, and didn't want to
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I suppose I should do a better job of trying to write for my audience with my next movie pick, but I instinctively gravitate towards my favorites when asked about the arts. Annie Hall is my favorite movie. I don’t know how many times I’ve watched it since I first gave it a go when
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This song should scare the hell out of Christians. (Sorry about the picture–it has nothing to do with the song).
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I first came across The Bird People in China after I had watched Departures and I wanted to find out more about Masahiro Matoki who played the protagonist in the film. The name of the movie (Bird People) intrigued me, so I ordered it from Netflix. I have to admit that I did not enjoy
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Out for a walk Sunday evening, I was brooding about the state of politics and culture in the U.S., and my personal frustration at the complete closed-mindedness of many of the liberals I know. Sure, there are many, many on the right who are equally closed-minded. But for the most part I'm not trying to argue with them (although
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If you do, here are a couple of reviews that I thought were interesting: Christopher Orr in The Atlantic Carl Eric Scott in National Review Really, the main thing I found interesting in Orr's review was this: And so with The Force Awakens, Abrams has begun one of the most important reclamation projects of our time: the
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This may seem an odd choice for the first entry in this series. Until a couple of days ago I had thought I would write about some high-class work that would fall into the general category of Art Film made by an Artist, probably something by Bergman. But for some reason I’ve been thinking about
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Note: It seems that I made a mess of the numbering: skipping numbers, repeating them. It would be a lot of trouble to fix them, because for consistency it would require changing the permanent links. But the links should at least go to the named movies. Week 1: Mac, The Great Escape Week 2: Janet
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I mentioned here a few months ago the unexpected death of an old friend. In the process of clearing out his apartment, a member of his family came across half a dozen or so letters I had written to him in the 1980s. A couple of things in this one from June 1987 struck me. Karen
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