Tag Archives: Alfred Hitchcock

Coetzee’s “Disgrace” Describes Weinstein

By Robin Bates | Published: February 17, 2020

J. M. Coetzee’s novel “Disgrace” captures the sense of entitlement possessed by men like Harvey Weinstein.

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Why Did Vertigo Top Citizen Kane at #1?

By Robin Bates | Published: September 21, 2012

“Vertigo” is a film about how we are driven by desire and how to achieve it is to lose it.

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Tolkien’s Ring and World War I

By Robin Bates | Published: September 7, 2009

 Otto Dix, Trench Warfare (1932) I have gained some new insights into The Lord of the Rings since my son Toby wrote an essay about it for the University of Pittsburgh’s graduate English program.  Toby informs me that there are a number of debates around the book, especially whether it should be considered great literature. The […]

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