| December 4th, 2002 The Emperor's Club Laments Moral Emptiness Among the Elites "How will history remember you?"That is the question that Mr. Hundert (Kevin Kline ) puts to the boys of St. Benedict's Prep School in his classics classroom. He asks himself ... |
| November 26th, 2002 A Lesson in Checking Your Nostalgia Yes, it's official. Freddy's dead. That's what I said. This is the story of how I was painfully notified.I was planning to call my cousin Jim to wish him Happy Birthday. Rather than do something ... |
| November 3rd, 2002 Salma Hayek as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in Julie Taymor's Mesmerizing Film Salma Hayek beautifully portrays the joys and anguish of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in Frida (Miramax).The film reveals the gutsy-ness, persistence, brilliance, and pain of one of Mexico's most renowned artists.A ... |
| October 31st, 2002 The Redemption of Jack O'Lantern: A Fable Jack O'Lantern sat in the glow of Hell's ember, carving yet one more pumpkin in replacement of the rotting moldy one currently housing the Devil's coal. Having been rejected by Heaven and ... |
| September 17th, 2002 Springsteen Finds Music for Our 9/11 Grief in "The Rising" <img src="http://www.bustedhalo.com/pictures/homePhoto.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="picright"><blockquote>"Coffee cups on the counter / jackets on the chair Papers on the doorstep / but you're not there Everything is everything / Everything is everything But you're missing." ---"You're Missing"</blockquote>Though the biggest fan ... |
| September 14th, 2002 Why I Am a Catholic by Garry Wills Garry Wills was shocked. After the publication of his best-selling book Papal Sin , which documents recent papal shortcomings, Wills not only received the expected letters from angry Catholics demanding he leave the Church, but ... |
| September 10th, 2002 More Guts Than Blood in Red Dragon I once had a roommate who disapproved of me watching the X-Files. You know, because of all the murdering, and that creepy music. She would glide past the TV Sunday nights gently tsk-tsking, and recite ... |
| September 1st, 2002 Sounding Off As a Nation Friday night, 7 p.m., Central time. I'm sitting in my favorite chair, anxiously staring at my radio, when those familiar words come through the air: " From WBEZ Chicago?and Public Radio ... |
| August 17th, 2002 Lessons from Trash TV "Anna Nicole Smith is busting out with a wild new reality sitcom. It's the place where pop culture and cleavage converge, so tune in and stay abreast of Anna Nicole's big adventures." -- Program description from ... |
| July 5th, 2002 The Importance of Being Real At the movies, do you stay until all the credits have rolled by?Everyone knows that behind-the-scenes folks in the movie industry get the short end of the stick. Directors and producers are ... |