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The 10 Best Movies of 1947 1. The Bicycle Thieves . Directed by Vittorio de Sica. Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola. The greatest of all t...

I just this moment finished watching a 1957 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents featuring actress Inger Stevens and was struck once again ...

The 10 Best Movies of 1946 1. It’s a Wonderful Life . Directed by Frank Capra. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore. While not the ...

A good friend and I stopped by the Starbucks today in the West Village for our regular post-lunch libation (it's so "regular" ...

The Dallas City Council takes the month of July off and the city staff uses that time to assemble and refine the City Manager's proposed...

Not my argument, mind you, but one from political strategist Robert Creamer : The Republicans charge that eliminating these tax breaks on ...

I don't know of anyone who, when considering an evening of haute cuisine, decides to dine at a sports facility. So the news that 72 perc...

For every piece of news that makes me advocate and actively pariticipate in vigilante justice, along comes something that makes me feel go...

Woody Guthrie's words are as true today as when he wrote them 60 years ago. If you are poor and live in a conservative state like Texas,...

It appears that Daniel Craig has been signed to play journalist Mikael Blomkvist in the English-language versions of  The Girl With the Dra...

Ever have strange thoughts while driving down the highway late at night -- thoughts other than "I need to wash my hands so badly I'...

We can all sleep a little easier tonight, except for those thousands of you that flow through the intersection of Preston Road and Legacy Dr...

Those who fail to learn from history should repeatedly watch films like Vincere . The untold story of how fascist strongman Benito Mussolini...

The 10 Best Movies of 1945 1. Henry V . Directed by Laurence Olivier. Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton. This was made at the height of the...

Now that the Senate Judiciary Committee has sent Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate (with one Republican, Lindsey...

It's really not fair to compare Dallas with Maywood, Calif. After all, Maywood's population of (estimated) 50,000 is densely packed ...

I’m giving myself a do-over for the year 1943. First of all, after I posted my original list, the great Philip Wuntch suggested that I might...

The Postal Service is seeking to raise the price of a first-class stamp 2 cents by next Jan. 2. So here's a tip for those who still corr...

When he’s really cooking, the South Korean director Bong Joon-ho seems to reinvent movie storytelling itself. The word “Hitchcockian’’ keeps...