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Book Review: Stephen Rebello’s “Criss-Cross”: A Vital Text for Decoding Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train”

November 19, 2025
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There’s no question that the author of “Criss-Cross” approaches “Strangers on a Train” from a gay-centric viewpoint.

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Book Review: The Insider’s Legacy: Malcolm Cowley and the Rise of U.S. Literature

November 26, 2025
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Literary critic Malcolm Cowley’s in-the-trenches vision of modernism deserves to extend beyond the halcyon epoch he witnessed — a case made splendidly by Gerald Howard’s biography.

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Book Review: Writers on the Brink — “February 1933” and the Chilling Parallels to Trump’s America

November 20, 2025
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Reading “February 1933”, just ten months into Trump’s second mandate is nothing less than unnerving.

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Cultural Commentary: France Marks the 10th Anniversary of the Bataclan Attacks

November 15, 2025
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The aftermath of a terrorist act becomes an opportunistic event for those selling us a certain bill of partisan geo-political goods… while simultaneously diminishing our latitude as citizens.

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Coming Attractions: November 23 Through December 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

November 23, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Coming Attractions: November 9 Through 24 — What Will Light Your Fire

November 9, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Film Interview: Gerald Peary Searches For “Archie’s Betty”

May 24, 2015
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Making Archie’s Betty compelled Gerald Peary to confront his inner Archie: “The more I made this movie, the more personal it got.

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Book Review: Filmmakers and Their Opinions — as Told to Critic Gerald Peary  

February 13, 2024
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New cinematic mavericks have come along. All the more reason that the views of earlier rebels be collected and preserved, given the short historical memories of young filmmakers and their audiences.

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Film Review: “If You Build It” — A Stirring Look at Construction and Idealism

February 28, 2014
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Are the 16-year-olds in the deep South capable of such a challenging, cumbersome construction task? Especially with the school year coming close to an end?

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Podcast Interview: Amy Geller and Gerald Peary on Making “The Rabbis Go South”

January 18, 2025
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The Rabbis Go South tells the story of a little-known episode in the fight for desegregation: 16 rabbis were invited by Martin Luther King to be part of the 1964 civil rights march in St. Augustine, Florida.

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