Harvey Blume

Film Commentary: A Critical Dichotomy — Time to Resolve It

December 11, 2018
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It’s as if critics of silent films were barred from discussing talkies, or devotees of black and white were banned from discussing color.

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Culture Watch: George Soros — Foe of Illiberal Democracy

November 6, 2018
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Now George Soros is mostly known as favored target of the right, more onerous to it, it seems, than even — Lock Her Up! — Hillary Clinton.

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Book Review: On “The Road to Unfreedom”?

August 22, 2018
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I say we need this book now, but the truth is we needed it even more a while ago.

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Cultural Commentary: George Soros, The Peppered Moth

June 12, 2018
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Roseanne Barr recently apologized to billionaire Holocaust survivor George Soros for claiming he collaborated with the Nazis.

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Book Commentary: Portnoy’s Revenge

May 27, 2018
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There’s something Shakespearian about the grasp of Philip Roth’s fiction.

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Feature: Quotes for the New Year

January 1, 2018
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Some pithy quotes to keep in mind for the New Year.

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Commentary — “Detroit” & Critical Red Herrings

August 10, 2017
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I’m not going to see Detroit and that’s because I’m sure it will have the virtues of Kathryn Bigelow’s other films and the corresponding flaws.

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Film Review: “Dunkirk” — Overwhelming Immediacy

July 23, 2017
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The Wermacht cut its swathe through France at a rate that amazed Winston Churchill in no small part because it was on speed.

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Visual Arts Commentary: “Portraits of Courage” — Critical Misfire

May 27, 2017
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Why do critics like the New Yorker‘s Peter Schjeldahl rush to absolve G.W. Bush?

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Book Feature: Worthwhile Reads in 2016

December 30, 2016
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Some books published in 2016 I’m glad to have read.

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