Charles Taylor

How to catch a Taliban impostor

If Afghan officials don't want to be fooled by another huckster, they should take a close look at these movies

Charles Taylor Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 1:01 AM UTC
Entertainment Afghanistan, Terrorism, Espionage

King’s lost dream

The final volume of Taylor Branch's magisterial biography shows how Martin Luther King Jr. reached out to his enemies. His example should shame the shrill partisans on both sides of our poisonous cultural divide.

Charles Taylor Wednesday, Feb 1, 2006 7:40 PM UTC
Entertainment Race, Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Timeless” beauty

With her latest album, Martina McBride breathes new life into contemporary country music by summoning ghosts from the past.

Charles Taylor Wednesday, Jan 11, 2006 12:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Music

Soul man

In a vast new biography, Peter Guralnick takes on the late, great, silky-smooth crooner Sam Cooke.

Charles Taylor Thursday, Oct 27, 2005 10:30 AM UTC
Entertainment Music, Books

The biggest star you’ve never seen

Aishwarya Rai is among the planet's biggest box-office draws. So why doesn't Hollywood know what to do with her?

Charles Taylor Thursday, Feb 10, 2005 7:59 PM UTC
Entertainment

Shilling for Hitler

Eminent historians defended Holocaust denier David Irving in the name of free speech and scholarship. Deborah Lipstadt's account of her libel trial with Irving proves how colossally wrong they were.

Charles Taylor Monday, Feb 7, 2005 8:00 AM UTC
Entertainment Books

“Nobody Knows”

This deceptively simple Japanese film about four children abandoned by their mother evokes the work of Vittorio De Sica and Satyajit Ray.

Charles Taylor Friday, Feb 4, 2005 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

The most liberal president of the 20th century

Nick Kotz's new book about the civil right years argues convincingly that the true hero of the American left is LBJ.

Charles Taylor Wednesday, Feb 2, 2005 8:00 AM UTC
Entertainment Martin Luther King, Jr., Books

Why did “Finding Neverland” snag an Oscar nomination?

It's not -- despite what some would want us to believe -- because it's the choice of "values voters."

Charles Taylor Wednesday, Jan 26, 2005 10:05 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

Master of the ordinary

Haruki Murakami's latest novel unveils a world in which the fantastic is trite and the everyday profound.

Charles Taylor Friday, Jan 21, 2005 7:17 PM UTC
Entertainment Books

“Elektra”

Zap! Pow! Kerplunk! This flick starring Jennifer Garner as a comic-book assassin-heroine is hardly a killer.

Charles Taylor Friday, Jan 14, 2005 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

“Alias” grace

Sure, butt-kicking women have come to dominate pop culture. But nobody knocks you down flat like Sydney Bristow.

Charles Taylor Wednesday, Jan 12, 2005 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Television

The 10 best movies of 2004

Salon's critics pick the year's finest films -- from the modest "Before Sunset" to the operatic "House of Flying Daggers" to the magical "A Very Long Engagement" to the triumphantly weird "Incredibles" and "SpongeBob."

Stephanie Zacharek and Charles Taylor Friday, Dec 24, 2004 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Stephanie Zacharek, Movies

Eyes wide shut

The world looked away when evil swept through Rwanda. Ten years later, a movie demands that we finally open our eyes.

Charles Taylor Wednesday, Dec 22, 2004 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

“Spanglish”

Want to know why Bush won? Watch James L. Brooks' smug message drama, which tries to skewer clueless liberal do-gooders but only succeeds in impaling itself.

Charles Taylor Friday, Dec 17, 2004 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

“The Sea Inside”

The strapping Javier Bardem soars as a quadriplegic man on a quest to die with dignity.

Charles Taylor Friday, Dec 17, 2004 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

“Million Dollar Baby”

Clint Eastwood's boxing movie floats like a lead balloon and stings like a dead bee.

Charles Taylor Wednesday, Dec 15, 2004 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies

“The Polysyllabic Spree” by Nick Hornby

From the author of "High Fidelity," a delightful celebration of the joys of reading that reminds us why most literary criticism is so bad.

Charles Taylor Thursday, Dec 9, 2004 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Nick Hornby, Books

Can the movies rescue America?

In a year when Mel Gibson and Michael Moore exploited our deep divisions, we needed more Incredible films to bring us together.

Charles Taylor Thursday, Dec 9, 2004 7:03 PM UTC
Entertainment Michael Moore

Woman with a loaded gun

Across 40 years and 61 novels, the icy-blooded Ruth Rendell has proven to be more than a great mystery writer -- she's one of Britain's finest living novelists.

Charles Taylor Thursday, Dec 2, 2004 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Fiction, Mysteries, Books

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