1. Who are the best book critics?
2. Who are the best movie critics?
3. The real victims of the subprime crisis
4. Which books are stolen most often?
5. Planets for Alpha Centauri?
6. The ideological migration of David Mamet
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Anthony Lane? ugh. this vote in his favor from the link says it all: “The Rolls-Royce of film critics. Never mind the film, you read Lane for the sheer quality of the prose”.
in other words, Lane is the perfect critic for people who don’t care about watching movies, they just care about witty writing. He’s a great writer, but does that make him a great critic?
Tyler,
I don’t read Spanish and so the link to #3, the real victims of the subprime crisis, didn’t work for me at all.
Best,
David
DK & jason: How does it feel to be a film critic critic critic? (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
Regarding #4, yes, if you go to the Twice Sold Tales used bookstore near the University of Washington, and head to the “K” section in fiction, there’s a little sign that says (not verbatim) “Kerouac and other Beat writers are behind the counter, please ask for assistance.”
Wow, that Mamet guy is a good writer.
Not only a good writer, but a good mind it seems. At the very least he outlined (without smacking you on the head with it) in part why I am a libertarian, namely that government intervention universally seems to fail, while whenever there is an absence of government involvement in our lives we all mostly seem to muddle along in spite of, or in my mind because of, the absence of such government meddling.
We may, or may not, need government to set and enforce a legal framework whereby people can’t force themselves on each other via murder, rape, theft or assault (and their cousins). But to actually live life and observe government at work and still root for more government intervention (beyond those basic rule setting and enforcing mechanisms ) seems to be “brain dead” and blind.
That site misses the operative distinction between a critic and a reviewer. Jonathan Rosenbaum is perhaps the most mainstream critic-cum-reviewer, and truly deserves high regard for his criticism.
And don’t forget Mamet is making a mashup UFC-Samuria flick, due out this year.
“I like my women like my coffee… murky and bitter”
Read Sowell’s ‘Knowledge and Decisions’.
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Is it realistic?
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