Global Hollywood By Toby Miller, Nitin Govil, John McMurria, and Richard Maxwell.Indiana University Press, 240 pages, $27.95 Those who contend that Hollywood and Washington are twobranches of the same cultural conglomerate will find ample evidence in GlobalHollywood. The relationship between these two company towns has been volatile at times, but the so-called Washwood alliance has […]
Alexander Kafka
Alexander C. Kafka, a senior editor at The Chronicle Review, writes about arts and
books for Washington, D.C.'s City Paper and other publications.
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The Wintry Orwell
“Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent,” George Orwell once warned in an essay, but many have disregarded that advice in judging Orwell himself. John Morris, who worked with Orwell during World War II at the BBC, said, “Orwell always reminded me of one of those figures on the front of […]
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Monkey Doo
How dare director Tim Burton “reimagine” (he avoids the word “remake”) theclassic 1968 film Planet of the Apes? It’s a milestone in sci-fi history, a brilliant, many-layered social commentary, many Apes buffs would argue, and its timing and essence can never be revivified. Actually, it’s been more than ripe for reimagining for years. It isterribly […]