War
“Got you, gorilla!” he‘d shout, or, more boldly, “Shalom!”
Noodles
He anticipated post-modernism, the implications of AIDS, and aspects of the consequences of Jihad.
Hiram and Ginnie
“If you want to be in this business,” howled my editor, “you’ve got to know hate."
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Many great sets and much pretty Italy, but talented the movie isn't.
Where the Truth Lies
Secrets, lies, sex, drugs, and Kevin Bacon, with Atom Egoyan directing traffic.
16 Blocks
Donner still has the touch, thanks to weary Willis and hyperkinetic Mos Def.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
There's a nasty little satire stirring amid all this fine white trash.
Rock Of Ages
Michelangelo Merisi, otherwise known as Caravaggio, died on Monte Argentario, the rocky promontory north of Rome.
Arena Fever
Verona's Arena was built of pink marble with a façade of pink and white limestone from nearby Valpolicella.
Gilead
It's Gilead as in Gilead, Iowa in Marilynne Robinson's saga of the 1950s and family torment.
The Brooklyn Follies
Auster stretches his Brooklyn-based magic a little thin in a novel about a man tidying up the end of life.