My guess is that most of us don’t need a reason to skip The Only Living Boy in New York. The title of the film, for one. The college graduate in question is not a “boy,” whatever the Simon &…

Tonight I’m going to ask Norman Lear a question. The legendary creator of All in the Family and many other shows is speaking at Kozinski’s Favorite Flicks, a roughly monthly gathering of film buffs in Pasadena at the Appellate Courthouse…

Remember when Al Gore and his dippy wife Tipper’s biggest concern was Eminem lyrics? Back then, Elton John defended Eminem’s art. Now, more leftists from Chelsea Handler and Lena Dunham to random Google feminists feel the need to name, shame,…

We’re three weeks into Season Seven of Game of Thrones, and a significant portion of the Catholic blogosphere has made its opinion known: it doesn’t like the show. I mean, these bloggers really don’t like the show. If anyone has…

Building and holding tension in a film is a difficult art. Just this year we have seen plenty of failed efforts. Free Fire, featuring Brie Larson, was surely meant to become a cult-classic, with its retro feel and endless shooting….

Of young American tennis players, it can be said the most aesthetically pleasing game belongs to Jared Donaldson, who advanced to the third round yesterday with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Marc Polmans. The shock news from the William H….

Rather as they are by President Trump, conservatives are divided by Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. To Kyle Smith of National Review the film is “brilliantly realized” and “magnificently well crafted” if a little short on Spielbergian sentiment. Churchill’s great “We shall defend our Island…”…

Billboard, which debuted its first songs-sales chart 77 years ago this week, more recently debuted a concert-sales chart that shows the average age of the top ten draws as 51. Senior-citizen stars — Paul McCartney, Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, James…

There is too much television, if I can state the obvious. Every year Hollywood produces more than 400 scripted shows to be broadcast and streamed. Clearly, no Emmy voter or viewer can keep track. As a result, many good shows…

The early buzz about Dunkirk has been strong. Long before the movie’s release, its Twitter account started garnering followers. Comparisons abound to Saving Private Ryan, the Steven Spielberg film, and the Spielberg-produced series Band of Brothers. Dunkirk is supposed to…