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Monday, September 17, 2018

A Note Regarding Scheduling at Critics at Large

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Dear reader, This note is to let you know that after nearly nine years of daily publication, Critics at Large will be moving to a more r...
Sunday, September 16, 2018

The Contemporary Relevance of Jake Tapper's The Hellfire Club

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Jake Tapper signing copies of his new thriller, The Hellfire Club . (Photo: Harrison Jones/GW Today) Jake Tapper's debut historica...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

Honey at the Spencer Fair

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A stand showing some of the honey entries at this year's Spencer Fair. (Photo: Ellen Perry) Every year at the Spencer Fair, the W...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Neglected Gem: Ransom (1996)

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Mel Gibson (with Brawley Nolte) in Ron Howard's 1996 version of Ransom . (Photo: IMDB) Ransom was one of the few exciting Am...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Photo Finish: A Conversation with William Ewing

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Curator and author William Ewing, shown here at his exhibit called Edward Steichen: In High Fashion. (Photo: Youtube) Without ever ha...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

M*A*S*H: Novel into Film into Sitcom, and Notes on the Long Run

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The cast of Robert Altman's M*A*S*H (1970), based on the 1968 novel by Richard Hooker. (Photo: IMDB) “Richard Hooker,” whose real...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

The Art of War: Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

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Lt. Col. Kilgore (Robert Duvall) and his cavalry charge into battle in Apocalypse Now Redux . (Photo: Getty) Apocalypse Now (1979) is ...