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James Bowman

James Bowman, our movie and culture critic, is a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is the author of Honor: A History and Media Madness: The Corruption of Our Political Culture, both published by Encounter Books.
by | Mar 29, 2012

Eight of the nine nominees for this year’s Academy Award for Best Picture were partly or wholly set in the…

by | Mar 22, 2012

The worst thing that can happen to a child, at least from the child’s own point of view, is rejection…

by | Mar 19, 2012

One of the most interesting things to me about Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s Undefeated, the Oscar-winning documentary about Bill…

by | Mar 13, 2012

Ralph Fiennes would be deserving of congratulations for bringing Coriolanus to the silver screen even if the film were less…

by | Feb 29, 2012

Insofar as Albert Nobbs, directed by Rodrigo GarcĂ­a (Nine Lives), has found favor in the eyes of the Motion Picture…

by | Feb 27, 2012

They’ve taken it down now, but if, shortly before Christmas, you had checked under Frequently Asked Questions on the Internet…

by | Feb 13, 2012

Once when I remonstrated with a young man of my acquaintance about his laziness and want of industry, he replied:…

by | Feb 2, 2012

Here in Washington, it is hard to go anywhere where tourists also go, such as the Metro, without seeing advertising…

by | Jan 27, 2012

It’s been a while since I’ve seen an Iranian film, though I am always eager to see them. Most in…

by | Jan 24, 2012

The Artist, by the French director Michel Hazanavicius, begins with the noise of an old-fashioned projector and a black screen….

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