SNL Spoofs Blago, Burris and Maddow SNL Spoofs Blago, Burris and Maddow
Recently impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's predicament and hair and lampooned to hilarious effect.
Jan 12, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
This Week on the Hill This Week on the Hill
From Greg Kaufmann, comes a look what's slated to go down on the hill this week: This week -- a gazillion confirmation hearings -- way too many to list here. It's going to be fu...
Jan 12, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Torture and the Status Quo Torture and the Status Quo
Digby notices that there's a growing Establishment chorus calling for a continuation of the torture regime. This week it's Stuart Taylor in Newsweek. Meanwhile, Obama tells George...
Jan 12, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Vertigo Vertigo
Jimmy Stewart suffers from high anxiety in what some consider to be Alfred Hitchcock's greatest film.
Jan 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
The Best Years of Our Lives The Best Years of Our Lives
Three World War II veterans return home to their families to recover from the worst years of their lives.
Jan 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / James Agee
Schindler’s List Schindler’s List
From a book by Thomas Keneally, who was convinced by the shopkeeper to look at some old documents he kept in the back of his store. The man was one of the 12,000 people saved by Os...
Jan 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Wild Strawberries Wild Strawberries
Selecting Bergman's greatest masterpiece is like trying to pick the best pistachio nut in a bowl. Although this tale of a doctor looking back on his life is as good a choice as an...
Jan 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
The Killing Fields The Killing Fields
Dr. Haing S. Ngor won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the journalist Dith Pran in this account of the Cambodian genocide in the 1970s.
Jan 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Kopkind
From Here to Eternity From Here to Eternity
Actually, what will be shown from here to eternity will be Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr cavorting on the beach.
Jan 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Manny Farber
Shane Shane
Thanks to a good pair of elevator shoes, the famously diminutive Alan Ladd walks tall into battle against an evil cattle baron.
Jan 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Manny Farber