Michael Apted

'56 Up' Reveals Life in Stasis

Michael Apted's famous 'Up' series presses into its eighth episode

Happiness is a Warm Book About Guns: Intellectual Self-Defense

I began writing this on Friday, hours after NRA loon-in-chief Wayne LaPierre offered his predictably over-the-top defense of gun nuts, pimps and apologists for the weapons industry. Hard to imagine the cognitive dissonance required of somebody who can stick to his, yes, guns in the face of ... More >>

Life On Narnia

An ailing franchise gets another chance with 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'

Behind the Music

Not even Michael Gambons 18th century hat head can save a wretch like Amazing Grace

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: The Execution of Private Slovik

Of Time and the River

Robb Moss wayback machine; plus Nir Bergmans Broken Wings

Not Quite Enough