Film

King Kong King Kong

The horror film that unfairly tarnished the reputation of good gorillas everywhere.

Dec 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Troy

Persona Persona

A nurse and her suddenly mute patient in Bergman's hands becomes nothing less than a work of art.

Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

Jules and Jim Jules and Jim

Henri-Pierre Roche's novel about three friends during World War I was long out of print until François Truffaut turned it into a landmark of the French New Wave.

Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

Close Encounters of the Third Kind Close Encounters of the Third Kind

In Spielberg's blockbuster aliens encounter human beings and, amazingly, aren't horrified at what they find.

Dec 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

Psycho Psycho

Janet Leigh says she hasn't taken a shower since, but the notion of motherhood took a bath.

Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

Reds Reds

Warren Beatty's epic about the life and death of American radical journalist John Reed.

Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

Midnight Cowboy Midnight Cowboy

Fred Neil's haunting song, "Everybody's Talkin'" sets the mood for this tragic buddy movie.

Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

MASH MASH

The movie may have been set in Korea, but Robert Altman clearly had Vietnam in mind when he made this satire of the American military.

Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

Manhattan Manhattan

The black and white cinematography of Gordon Willis and the music of George Gershwin make for a pitch-perfect valentine to the Big Apple.

Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

Hearts and Minds Hearts and Minds

Lyndon Johnson gave this Oscar-winning documentary its title and, with his escalation of the war in Vietnam, its purpose.

Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch

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