Publications

Slums of Beverly Hills, The

James Bowman

The Slums of Beverly Hills, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins is another meditation on family, this time the highly…

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Smoke Signals

James Bowman

People who are obsessed, as so many people are these days, with racial, ethnic, or sexual identity must lead very…

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Snake Eyes

James Bowman

In Snake Eyes by Brian De Palma we are presented with Nicholas Cage in the role of Rick Santoro, a…

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Thief, The (Vor)

James Bowman

The Thief directed by Pavel Chukhrai is a deeply moving meditation on family and fatherhood told from the point of…

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Whatever

James Bowman

Whatever by Susan Skoog stars Liza Weil as Anna Stockard and Chad Morgan as her slutty friend Brenda, two high…

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Why Do Fools Fall in Love

James Bowman

Why Do Fools Fall in Love — apparently meant to be rendered without its mark of interrogation — is written…

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No Calling Without a Caller

Michael Cromartie

Os Guinness first became a fixture on Christian reading lists with the publication of The Dust of Death: A Critique…

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Books & Culture / July 1, 1998

Amazon

James Bowman

Amazon, the IMAX film now being shown at the Museum of Natural History in New York, begins with scenes from…

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Armageddon

James Bowman

There are several things to like in Armageddon, directed by Michael Bay. One is that the sympathetic main character, Harry…

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Brother

James Bowman

Brother, a Russian film written and directed by Alexei Balabanov, stars Sergei Bodrov, Jr, as Danila, a recently discharged soldier…

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Doctor Doolittle

James Bowman

Dr Doolittle, directed by Betty Thomas, stars Eddie Murphy as the eponymous doctor who can talk to the animals. For…

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Lethal Weapon 4

James Bowman

Lethal Weapon 4 was, according to the credits, directed by Richard Donner, but it might as well have been directed…

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