January 2006

One of the pleasures of living in San Francisco (and there’s plenty of downsides, believe me) is the Noir City Film Festival, ably hosted and programmed by Eddie Muller these…

Munich (2005, Dir. Steven Spielberg) “Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.” — Golda Meir, Munich What defines a Steven Spielberg film, exactly? Maybe it’s…