Publications

Mad City

James Bowman

Mad City, directed by Costa-Gavras, has a good subject, but it can’t seem to stay focused on it. The director,…

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Matchmaker, The

James Bowman

The Matchmaker, directed by Mark Joffe, stars Janeane Garofalo as Marcy Tizard, campaign worker for Senator John McGlory (Jay O….

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Most Wanted

James Bowman

Most Wanted, directed by David Glenn Hogan, is not without signs of talent, and it has one or two finely…

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Nenette et Boni

James Bowman

Nenette et Boni by Claire Denis is a rather enjoyable little meditation on the disjunction, in our late 20th century…

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Playing God

James Bowman

Playing God, directed by Andy Wilson and written by Mark Haskell Smith is yet another example of the work of…

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Seven Years in Tibet

James Bowman

Seven Years in Tibet from Tri-Star, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, stars the egregious Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian…

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U-Turn

James Bowman

Surprisingly, U-Turn by Oliver Stone is actually a rather enjoyable evening in the cinema, or it would be if it…

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The Economics of Pay-As-You Go Social Security, and the Economic Cost of Ending It.

John D. Mueller

The Economics of Pay-as-you-go Social Security, and the Economic Cost of Ending It a report by John Mueller Senior Vice…

Articles

 

Homecoming

George Weigel

“Before he got here I was worried,” a Polish friend confessed during Pope John Paul II’s homecoming pilgrimage this past…

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Crisis Magazine / September 1, 1997

Edge, The

James Bowman

Of The Edge, written by David Mamet and directed by Lee Tamahori, it must be said that we should be…

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Eighth Day, The (Le Huitième Jour)

James Bowman

Le Huitième Jour(The Eighth Day) by Jaco Van Dormael begins with a somewhat whimsical attempt to portray the world as…

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Excess Baggage

James Bowman

Excess Baggage, directed by Marco Brambilla but under the creative control of Alicia Silverstone stars the rather pudgy Miss Silverstone…

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