Movies
Tolerance or Death!
European culture leaders should smack down fanatical Islamists. Instead, they're bending over for them.
Lion of the Desert, Fanatics In the Street
The poetic injustice of Moustapha Akkad's murder
Orange Méchanique
What twentieth-century novel was the leading indicator of the French riots?
The Second Romanian Revolution Will Be Televised
The TV show Dallas helped overthrow Ceausescu. Now gangsta rap and pop culture are driving out corrupt post-Soviet thugs.
Blockbuster Wars: Revenge of the Zeitgeist
What Bruce Wayne and Anakin Skywalker can tell us about America's political mood
"There's less and less to say"
Dylan's late-career revival owes more to his audience than to his muse
Is Entertainment Objectively Pro-Terrorist?
Britain's unluckiest novelist on mass culture and mass destruction.
Hooray for Hollywood's Slumping Sales
Why weak box office and sagging DVD numbers are cause for consumer celebration
Market Failure or Marketing Failure?
A Decent Factory slams corporate social responsibility
Sympathy for the Vampires
Priests may crucify nuns, people may rip out the hearts of the dearly departed... but Romania is a country on the upswing that deserves our help
Traffic Cops on the Underground Railroad
Prosecuting human traffickers may do more harm than good
Star Wars, Nothing but Star Wars
Episode III may be a steaming pile of Sith, but that hardly matters
Ridley Scott's Peaceable Kingdom
How to make a Crusades movie in the era of Osama bin Laden
Blogger, Bush-Basher, Bin Laden
Why does an Islamist warrior sound suspiciously like Michael Moore?