Publications

Dr. Leo P. Ribuffo and David Shribman at the June 2000 Faith Angle Forum

Michael Cromartie

Dr. Leo Ribuffo, professor of history at George Washington University, and David Shribman, Washington Bureau Chief for the Boston Globe, spoke at the June 2000 Faith Angle Forum on the subject of the new Christian right and its effect on politics.

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The Trials of Being Agnostic

Michael Cromartie

Wendy Kaminer talks with Michael Cromartie about the peculiarity of beliefs. Wendy Kaminer is the author of five previous books,…

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Books & Culture / January 1, 2000

Cup, The (Phörpa)

James Bowman

If you are a Buddhist or very fond of soccer—or possibly one of the yuppie aristocracy who are both—then The…

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Deterrence

James Bowman

It is fascinating how, although Hollywood has implicitly believed in every crackpot conspiracy theory for decades and has been willing…

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Emperor and the Assassin, The

James Bowman

The Emperor and the Assassin by Chen Kaige presents us with an interesting and reasonably honest look at the way…

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Eye of the Beholder

James Bowman

Eye of the Beholder, written and directed by Stephan Elliott from a novel by Marc Behm is routine post-modern noir—which…

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Holy Smoke

James Bowman

Holy Smoke by Jane Campion is a movie whose most basic assumptions—arising out of a weirdly anachronistic, 1970s-vintage view of…

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Man on the Moon

James Bowman

Milos Forman’s Man on the Moon is worth seeing for two reasons. One is the remarkable performance of Jim Carrey…

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Map of the World, A

James Bowman

A Map of the World, adapted by Peter Hedges and Polly Platt from the novel by Jane Hamilton and directed…

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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

James Bowman

Errol Morris’s fascinating documentary, Mr Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A Leuchter, Jr. is another chapter in the…

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Reindeer Games

James Bowman

John Frankenheimer’s new movie, Reindeer Games, for which Ehren Kruger (Arlington Road) wrote the screenplay, is in some ways an…

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Titus

James Bowman

Titus, written and directed by Julie Taymore, is a revelation. Like most students of Shakespeare, I had always thought Titus…

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