Published on http://brightlightsfilm.com Now a whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end. – Aristotle, The Poetics Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time! It... Read more
Published on brightlightsfilm.com “Let us try to focus all our energy and all of our love on these two men, George and Ben.” “Always, always, you must focus on the instrument you are... Read more
Published on http://sensesofcinema “The risk of a drift toward oligarchy is real and gives little reason for optimism.” Thomas Piketty (1) “So what do you think, now that the whole world wan... Read more
“People believe what they want to believe because the guy who made this was so good that it’s real to everybody. Now who’s the master, the painter or the forger?”... Read more
“One of the most remarkable things about us is also one of the easiest to overlook: each time we collide with the real, we deepen our understanding of the world and become more fully a part... Read more
Published on http://brightlightsfilm.com The Lone Ranger Rides Again . . . or Not At All “Westerns are difficult to sell to modern audiences. ‘The Long Ranger,’ directed by... Read more
“Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.” –Hippocrates Manifold are thy shapings, Providence! Many a hopeless matter gods arrange. What we... Read more
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained ” Django Unchained was the subject of controversy due to its use of racial epithets and depiction of slavery; many reviewers have defended th... Read more
In a mock recreation of the conditions in the air that pilot William “Whip” Whitaker, played by Denzel Washington in the film Flight (2012), faced, all of the ten tested crashed the plane an... Read more
The mesmerizing character at the still center of Martin Scorsese’s film Hugo is the Automaton. It’s eerie in the sense of awesome, awesome in the sense of both numinous and creep... Read more
The longest-serving Senate leader is relinquishing his post in the next Congress and planning to use his influence in ways that could put him at odds with President-elect Donald J. Trump. [...]
Natalie Harp, a 33-year-old former anchor on a right-wing cable show, is poised to become the gatekeeper for information to and from the president. [...]
Steve Witkoff’s involvement with two sovereign wealth funds as he bought and then sold Manhattan’s Park Lane Hotel demonstrates the potential conflicts his new role will present. [...]
The president-elect has named wealthy financiers for key economic positions, raising questions about how much they will follow through on promises to help the working class. [...]
Donald J. Trump is set to regain office without clarity on the scope of presidential immunity and with a lingering cloud over whether outside special counsels can investigate high-level wrongdoing. [...]
The administration is pressing the World Anti-Doping Agency to allow an outside audit after it failed to suspend Chinese swimmers for positive tests. [...]
