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For 50 years, Germany has shied away from presenting Adolf Hitler as the main character in a movie. Since Hitler is a monstrous presence in the national memory, realistic portrayals on the big screen were considered bad taste - and sympathetic portrayals were unthinkable. Other countries made big-budget World War...
One way or another, all biopics improve on reality, lending life a coherence and meaning that eludes us as we live it. Since our reality is at present so incomprehensible, maybe we need that kind of narrative logic now. That, anyway, is how Hollywood is betting this fall. From Ray...
Now, after a week in which his film became the highest grossing documentary of all time--and more than that, a nationwide rally point for Bush opponents, a red flag for Bush supporters, a cinematic teach-in for the undecided and a potential factor in the '04 presidential race--Moore...
The court at its best zealously protects enumerated constitutional rights while being wary of interfering with legislative judgments. That was the simple message of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The Rehnquist court has shown great restraint and circumspection on extraordinarily sensitive issues, such as assisted suicide. On other highly controversial, divisive...
After several more arms shipments, another hostage was released. By this time, Poindexter had delegated much of the maneuvering to his gung-ho assistant, Marine Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, who was also cooperating with the CIA in supplying arms to the Nicaraguan rebels, even though Congress had formally forbidden any...