The blessing and curse of being a combination film devotee and writer is that movie memories blend with real life…

If you’re like me, you’ve always been somewhat dissatisfied with the annual Academy Awards telecast — and, for that matter,…

Well, it’s been a hell of a week, and I feel like I missed most of it. Regular readers of…

When I wrote my recent essay for this magazine about the death of beauty in cinema, I didn’t mean the…

The host or the producers of The Dick Cavett Show possessed a sense of humor — or at least a…

Gone are the days when parents could turn on the Disney Channel or a Disney movie and walk away. A…

The franchise of Bond, James Bond has suffered the same fate as some other companies in corporate America: it has…

Acting Naturally: The Magic in Great Performances By David Thomson (Knopf, 288 pages, $30) Eighty-two years old this month, David…

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree. Where Alph, the sacred river ran, Through caverns measureless to…

In an episode of the late, great sitcom The King of Queens, Doug Heffernan (Kevin James) and his wife, Carrie…