Publications

Happy Together

James Bowman

Happy Together, directed by the Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai (Days of Being Wild, Chung-king Express), tells the story of…

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Jackie Brown

James Bowman

Jackie Brown confirms two things we have always really known about Quentin Tarantino at his best (at his worst he…

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Oscar and Lucinda

James Bowman

As one of America’s greatest fans of Antipodean film-making, I am sorry not to be able to heap praise upon…

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Postman, The

James Bowman

The Postman by Kevin Costner was made about 25 years too late. This is the kind of thing that would…

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Sweet Hereafter, The

James Bowman

The Sweet Hereafter, written and directed by the Armenian- Canadian director of Exotica, Atom Egoyan, is a movingly updated version…

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Titanic

James Bowman

This month should be called easy morality month. No sooner do we get finished watching as Steven Spielberg proves to…

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Tomorrow Never Dies

James Bowman

Tomorrow Never Dies, directed by Roger Spottiswoode is the latest in the seemingly endless chain of James Bond films. It…

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Buckley on Belief

Michael Cromartie

William F. Buckley says he has never been tentative about his faith. But then, he’s never been talkative about it…

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Books & Culture / November 1, 1997

John Paul II — Preparing the 21st Century

George Weigel

Even at the height of Hollywood’s infatuation with things Catholic, no screenwriter would have dared propose such a storyline: Months…

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Crisis Magazine / November 1, 1997

Bean

James Bowman

Bean—without the Mr. usually appended to his name in the series of delightful comedy shorts featuring the character created by…

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Fairy Tale

James Bowman

Fairy Tale by Charles Sturridge tells the story—sort of—of the fairy-photograph hoax perpetrated by a couple of young girls in…

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Gattaca

James Bowman

Gattaca, written and directed by Andrew Niccol is one of those hokey “futuristic” flicks which is really a form of…

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