Publications

Not having spent much time in methadone clinics, I can’t say for sure whether or not it is at all…

Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too. . .) may be one of the best pornographic movies ever made,…

Son of the Bride, written by Fernando Castets and Juan José Campanella, who also directed, is an utterly captivating little Argentine/Spanish co-production….

THE NEWS ABOUT THE NEWS: AMERICAN JOURNALISM IN PERIL by Leonard Downie Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser Alfred A. Knopf,…

After expounding a general theory of the universe, a famous scientist was once asked where God fit into the picture….

During the day of prayer for peace in Assisi on January 24, thirteen religious leaders read a “final declaration.” The…

In a few short weeks, the Church will read once again the Easter story from Luke’s Gospel: “ …on the…

Seizing on President George Bush’s recent visit to Korea, ban land mines advocates have launched a vigorous newspaper and TV…

If I had to ask one question of a movie in order to distinguish a good one from a bad…

Interestingly, the main thing that is wrong with Harrison’s Flowers — a sort of reverse Orpheus story with a happy…

Titles can be revealing. For example: it tells you something about the cast of mind that pervades the leadership of…

Phew! The Son’s Room (La Stanza del Figlio) by Nanni Moretti (co- written with Linda Ferri and Heidrun Schleef) is…