Remains of the DNA
How clones, like the rest of us, justify their own misery
Movies
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?
Sex, Politics, Religion, and Egypt
Want to know how complicated the Mideast can be? Go to the movies
