Publications

Tuxedo, The

James Bowman

In olden times, if you can remember back so far, Hollywood would use its wonderful technological wizardry in order to…

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Sweet Home Alabama

James Bowman

Sweet Home Alabama is a mess, but a curious one. For a start, Candice Bergen does a turn as a…

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Four Feathers, The

James Bowman

The press material for The Four Feathers, Shekhar Kapur’s remake, 63 years on from the last remake, of A.E.W. Mason’s…

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Secretary

James Bowman

Both “secret” and “sex” are suggested by the very name of “secretary” and the job description carries within it what…

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Barbershop

James Bowman

At one point in Barbershop, the old barber Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) who never seems to cut any hair but…

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Stealing Harvard

James Bowman

One might have hoped that Stealing Harvard, written by Peter Tolan and Martin Hynes and directed by Bruce McCulloch (one…

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Be Yourself, Get Into College

James Bowman

As more than 60 per cent of America’s young adults go off to college this time of year, it is…

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The Wall Street Journal / September 6, 2002

Last Kiss (L’ultimo bacio)

James Bowman

In the July/August number of the American Spectator I wrote a piece (“Teaching the Gorillas”) about the curious phenomenon of…

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Serving Sara

James Bowman

Here is the story we are asked to accept as the basis for the plot of Serving Sara, directed by…

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Possession

James Bowman

Neil LaBute’s adaptation of A.S. Byatt’s novel, Possession, is a real disappointment. LaBute has the enviable quality in a director…

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Read My Lips (Sur Mes Lèvres)

James Bowman

Sur Mes Lèvres (Read My Lips), directed by Jacques Audiard is a typically French but quite watchable exploration of the…

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Secret Ballot (Raye makhfi)

James Bowman

Secret Ballot (Raye makhfi) is, like nearly every Iranian film I have ever seen, visually mesmerizing. Perhaps Iran itself is…

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