Trayvon Martin’s death has Americans rethinking the vigilante film.
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Vigilante Films Responsible for Trayvon?
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The Mechanical Magic of the Movies
Martin Scorcese’s “Hugo” pays homage to fantasist Georges Méliès and the history of the movies.
Mr. Chips vs. Travis Bickle
Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle I continue here my discussion of three works that just happened to come together during one evening last week: John Updike’s novel Terrorist, Martin Scorcese’s film Taxi Driver, and George Bernard Shaw’s play Arms and the Man. My question is whether Shaw’s humanism is a sufficient answer to the undercurrent […]
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