Arts
“The Hunger Games”: Jennifer Lawrence vs. the One Percent
… This movie will be huge, and I can’t remember the last time (maybe the very first “Star Wars” movie) when I so eagerly anticipated the next movie in the series …
Arts
Arts
The Curious Lives of North Korea
… Barbara Demick’s curiosity about the lives of people in North Korea, which she calls the most repressive regime on earth, led to this remarkable book …
Arts
“Jeff, Who Lives at Home”: The Signs Are Everywhere
… a pleasantly meandering effort from the writing/directing Duplass Brothers. It’s funny and goofy …
Arts
“John Carter”: Things That Go Barsoom in the Night
… for fans of sword-and-sorcery fiction, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ "John Carter" series of adventure novels set on Mars have long been a sort of cinematic Holy Grail …
Arts
“A Separation”: Scenes From an Iranian Marriage
… Asghar Farhadi paints an unforgettable picture of a world where men and women must couch their behavior within socially accepted limits …
