blog.bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
In the NYT health blog, the New Old Age, Jane Gross blogs about Dan Callahan's recent commentary on the virtues of rationing healthcare, particularly for the Medicare system. As Gross notes, not only did Callahan write an intriguing and provocative...
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | yesterday
I meant to link to this after I first read it: Dan Callahan does a fascinating analysis of 5 of Mia Farrow's roles. Not to be missed. I think he nails it....
The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
By Dan Callahan “If I seem to be running, it’s because I’m pursued…” —Mia Farrow, 1968— It’s been close to twenty years since Mia Farrow did battle with her one-time boyfriend/boss Woody Allen, in actual law courts and in the even nastier courts of public opinion. She wrote an autobiography in 1997, What Falls Away , in which she described her life up to the point Allen started an affair with...
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
"An unwieldy stab at an old-fashioned movie epic, Baz Luhrmann's Australia is corny, implausible, well intentioned and even somewhat enjoyable in its own way, at least for a while," writes Dan Callahan in Slant. "Australia is a deliberate throwback...
The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
By Dan Callahan [ Milk opens in theaters on Wednesday, November 26th. ] Slain politician Harvey Milk was a gay pioneer and by all accounts a real mensch and role model, and his story was told in full for the documentary The Times of Harvey Milk . Now Gus Van Sant is trolling for awards with Milk , a paint-by numbers biopic of the tireless activist that wastes the efforts of some fine actors,...
The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
By Dan Callahan [ The Carole Lombard retrospective runs at Manhattan's Film Forum from November 21st—December 2nd. Click here for more information. ] In at least seven movies, all of them comedies with serious undertones, the exuberant Carole Lombard became emblematic of the whole screwball comedy genre of the thirties, and she passed into folklore with her marriage to Clark Gable and her early...
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Two appreciations by Dan Callahan, who is such a marvelous writer. Here is his piece on Shearer - a measured and detailed examination of this controversial star. People hate her, people stick up for her, the gays love her ......
FLiXER: Entertainment Industry News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
The Midnight Meat Train (2008) 4 out of 5 stars Reviewed by Tom Elce Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura Cast: Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones, Leslie Bibb, Roger Bart, Brooke Shields, Tony Curran, Barbara Eve Harris, Peter Jacobson, Stephanie Mace, Ted Raimi, Nora, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Dan Callahan, Don Smith, Earl Carroll Rated: R (MPAA), 18 (BBFC) "Please, step away from the meat" In a mediocre...
