Film

An Important Israeli Film's Large Implications

On counter-terrorism at the movies

In "The Gatekeepers," six former heads of Shin Bet, Israel’s FBI, describe the good, the bad, and the ugly of their job.

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Argo Before Argo

"Wag the Dog" was the Hollywood Satire Ben Affleck Should Have Made

Wag the Dog was the Hollywood satire Ben Affleck should have made

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Afterwards

A German film and Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut, reviewed.

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The Auteur of Unease

What Kathryn Bigelow understands about the war on terror that no other director does

Kathryn Bigelow's war movies shy away from big messages. That's why they capture the post-9/11 mood so well.

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Hollywood Can't Handle Gay Sex

Tinseltown supports LGBT rights everywhere but the big screen.

Tinseltown supports LGBT rights everywhere but the big screen.

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Urgent Demands

Inside an Italian prison, inmates perform Shakespeare in Ceasar Must Die; Senegalese men fight their way to Spain in The Pirogue.  

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Not Every Scandal Needs a Movie

The Only Good Lance Armstrong Film Would Star Lance Himself

The prospect of seeing Al Pacino play Joe Paterno, or anyone play Lance Armstrong, is reason enough to give up the film critic business.

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Citizen Alec

Forget Clooney. Alec Baldwin is America's most believable celebrity liberal. Here's why.

Not so long ago, Alec Baldwin was a washed up star. He reinvented himself without changing a bit. And, in the process, became Hollywood's most believeable star.

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Music and More

Stanley Kauffmann on Films

In 1990, when I saw a documentary about the Guarneri Quartet, I concluded that all of us who are not members of a quartet have wasted our lives. The film made it seem that playing in a quartet is the most continually progressive and congenial way to spend a life in art. At last comes another film about a quartet, this time fictional. Musically, it isn’t in a class with the documentary, but it investigates other aspects that result from their long union.

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Imagine the production values of “Downton Abbey,” but aimed at a grown-up audience.

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