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I dont know of any young filmmakers anywhere more interesting than
I dont know of any young filmmakers anywhere more interesting than the McDonagh brothers. CALVARY (2014), John Michael McDonaghs latest, is (among ot...

I have noticed the increasing prevalence of a kind of intellectual
I have noticed the increasing prevalence of a kind of intellectual even more annoying than the spiritual but not religious types: I mean the sort who...

I actually believe that there are plenty of cops who are good,
I actually believe that there are plenty of cops who are good, decent people, and who detest racist murderers. I have known some personally. But the...

What to make of the rape allegations by white women against Bill
What to make of the rape allegations by white women against Bill Cosby? The notion that black men have a tendency to violate white women is the great...

We just finished the first season of ORPHAN BLACK, the BBC America
We just finished the first season of ORPHAN BLACK, the BBC America production starring the extraordinary Tatiana Maslany. The basic premise--a group ...

For some reason, Mike Reads idiotic pseudo-Calypso song in praise
For some reason, Mike Reads idiotic pseudo-Calypso song in praise of Farage and UKIP keeps running through my head, so I figure it might as well be ru...

Watched, at the suggestion of Scott Nelson, Norman Renés LONGTIME
Watched, at the suggestion of Scott Nelson, Norman Renés LONGTIME COMPANION (1989), said to be the first film primarily about AIDS. It follows a gro...

I seem to be in the mood for sharing music today. Here Kristy
I seem to be in the mood for sharing music today. Here Kristy MacColl does my favorite version of The Belle of Belfast City. And here, fyi, are the ...

Many people seem to be assuming that, if Thursdays vote goes the
Many people seem to be assuming that, if Thursdays vote goes the way my Scottish friends and I are hoping, the SNP will become Scotlands natural gover...