Exodus: A Battle for Israel
Paul Newman. Photo: United Artists There was a time in my youth when I believed in a solution in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. After the fall of…
On the Waterfront: The End of Mob Rule
Marlon Brando. Photo: Columbia In 1949, investigative journalist Malcolm Johnson won a Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles he had written for the New York Sun. Titled "Crime on…
North by Northwest: Rushmore Rumble
Cary Grant. Photo: MGM According to one biography on Alfred Hitchcock, it was Bernard Herrmann who introduced screenwriter Ernest Lehman to the director. They hit it off and decided to…
Superman Returns
Five years after the events in Superman II (1981), the Man of Steel (Brandon Routh) returns to Earth only to find that Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has a son and…