movies
Hokey but Likable ‘Spy Next Door’ Emphasizes Good Values

Jackie Chan has always been among the most amiable and intentionally comical of action fil...

journalism
Citizens United v. FEC: A Great Victory for Liberty

There is a lot of ore to mine in the Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission Supre...

books
Andrew Klavan’s Latest Novel and a Possible Film

Andrew Klavan has announced the end of "Klavan on the Culture." I'm not talking about his ...

movies
TCM Thrillers (January 25 – 31)

This week: * Monday—Alec Guinness kills 'em with kindness. * Tuesday—Treachery in Sto...

books
Feminist Thrillers by Vera Caspary

The Murder in the Stork Club and Other Mysteries by Vera Caspary (1899 - 1987) Edited by ...

books
Fiction Friday’s focus on Robert B. Parker

On Monday, Janaury 18, 2010 Robert B. Parker joined Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Dash...

commerce
‘Air America’ Bankrupt, Shutting Down

Radio audiences give loud 'no' to progressive politics. (more…)

genres
New ’24’ Season Exemplifies Show’s Strengths

The Fox Network's venerable action-drama series 24, now in its eighth year, has always h...

noteworthy
New Eps of ‘Top Gear’

Fast cars, crazy challenges, and merciless mockery of statism and elitists: the UK series ...

people
DeMille on Rights, Liberty, and the Right to Work

The late Cecil B. DeMille was not only an underappreciated master filmmaker but also a ver...

movies
Book of Eli: A Powerful Glimpse at a Godless World

The Hughes Brothers, Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman just might have created the anti-Av...

worldviews
Up Helly Aa! A Celebration of Fire and Vikings in Shetland

Every mid-winter in the Shetland Islands, the residents celebrate their Nordic heritage ...

movies
TCM Thrillers (January 18 – 24)

This week: * Monday—Valentino feels the heat. * Tuesday—William Holden goes for a swi...

movies
The Frantically Boring Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

In another post I stated that I looked forward to The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ba...

books
Radio Days Thrillers from Crippen & Landru

The Casebook of Gregory Hood Radio plays by Anthony Boucher (1911 - 68) and Denis Green (...

prose-fiction
Should Shakespeare Be Translated for Modern English?

John McWhorter sure thinks so, as he argues in “The Real Shakespearean Tragedy,” which...

omniculture
Student Sheds Light on Necessity for Reform in K-12 Schools

There is a great deal of energy and resources spent addressing the issue of Left-wing dom...

people
O’Brien Complaint May Be Tenuous

Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien is on shaky ground in his complaint against NBC, according...

people
O’Brien Leaves ‘Tonight Show’, NBC

Statement from Conan O'Brien UNIVERSAL CITY, California, January 12  -- NBC TV personalit...

commerce
It’s Official: Leno Back to 11:30, Competition Could Be Strengthened Across Board

In a move that bodes well to strengthen TV programming overall in both primetime and late ...

journalism
Breitbart Rips “Objective Media” in Welcome for Tucker Carlson’s New Site

Everyone who works in mainstream media (ok, almost everyone) believes that they are involv...

movies
Eric Rohmer’s Films Epitomize Elegance, Wit, Sophistication—and Wisdom

TAC contributor Shmuel Ben-Gad praises the great French filmmaker Eric Rohmer. (more&hel...

movies
TCM Thrillers (January 11 – 17)

This week: * Monday—Rod Taylor is bad, then he's good. * Tuesday—A dead man refuses t...

uncategorized
Naomi Wolf: Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw is an Icon of the Decade

I never watched an episode of Sex and the City. But it’s not difficult to get the gist o...

commerce
NBC May Pull Plug on Disastrous Leno-O’Brien Experiment

Press reports and even jokes on last night's Jay Leno Show point to the likelihood that NB...

culture101
McCarey’s ‘My Son John’

Leo McCarey's My Son John (1952) has been uniformly lambasted by mainstream critics s...

worldviews
Denying Hollywood’s Agenda Prohibits a Culture of Liberty

The only explanation I can come up with to explain those who deny Hollywood’s left-wing ...

journalism
Brit Hume’s Advice To Tiger Stirs Controversy

By now you’ve probably heard that Britt Hume had the temerity, the unmitigated gall, mad...

people
Conservatism: A Correctable Mental Disorder

Social Psychologists, living sheltered lives behind academia’s ivy covered walls, seemin...

art
The Return of Great Movie Poster Art

I am looking forward to Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Not only does...

commerce
Consumer Electronics Show 2010

The future of the web, and thus in many ways the future of the American culture, are b...

sports
Tiger and the Power of Perception

Could things get any worse for Tiger Woods? Well, yes, as a matter of fact they can, as ha...

movies
Debate: New ‘Sherlock Holmes’

The new film Sherlock Holmes, directed by Guy Ritchie, has done very well indeed at the U....