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
Published on http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com Gulliver’s Travels in Food, Farming & Cuisine: Chronicle Three Over the years I’ve remarked that what Americans do to food is not just gr... Read more
Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes... Read more
Published on http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com Gulliver’s Travels in Food & Farming: Chronicle Two “[O]ur culture’s food madness tips into food psychosis, at least among those with kee... 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
Published on http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com My maternal grandmother grew tomato plants in huge coffee cans on a rooftop veranda in Brooklyn. Before that in a town called Patti (Greek fo... 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
Michel Hazanavicius’s The Artist (2011) has so far reached a $25 million return compared to about three times that amount by The Descendants. (1) Alexander Payne’s The Descendants (2011) won... Read more
The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform. [...]
In an interview, Roy Cooper spoke about his legacy, how to appeal to Republicans and Democratic speculation that he might run for Senate or for president. [...]
Democrats wanted to end the electability debate. After Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat, a conversation that has frustrated and foiled two generations of female candidates rages on. [...]
The self-help author has twice run unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination. [...]
The Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit. [...]
A fierce dispute erupted in the president-elect’s camp between immigration hard-liners and tech industry leaders including Elon Musk. [...]
