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A. G. Harmon

A collection of 6 posts

On Movies & Media

The Death of Satire

Novelist A.G. Harmon on satire: Have satirists all gone to film and TV? There are some candidates. The Office is a remarkable sketch of the work-a-day world, but there’s no real edge to it. However brilliant Jerry Seinfeld was, his show can’t qualify either. Nobody was made

Looking Elsewhere

Browser: Gerard Manley Hopkins & Paul Mariani; A moratoriaum on Holocaust films?; Plus, U2, Katherine Heigl, Keanu and more 2008 Film Awards

Paul Mariani, one of my favorite poets, has now penned a new book on Gerard Manley Hopkins. Books and Culture has a review. More... * Should there be a moratorium on "Holocaust films"? Stewart Klawans thinks so. * Watch out, polygamists. Here comes Katherine Heigl. Variety reports: "Katherine Heigl

On Books & Writing

Image: Ricky Gervais, a Bad Word, the Pacific Ocean, and More.

A few highlights from the last week of Good Letters, the Image blog... * A.G. Harmon on Ricky Gervais - "My Favorite Atheist" * Brian Volck on a maddening word... "nice." * Kelly Foster on the power of the Pacific Ocean. * Ann Conway on "The Fear Dog

Looking Elsewhere

The Browser, 5/8: O'Connor; Berryman; Joe Henry; Elvis Costello; Ron Burgundy; Image on Lumet's latest

Do you have the equipment? Flannery O'Connor blogged twice this week. That's always worth a look. And what great quotes. * The Badge of Shame This is why I read Jeff Berryman's blog. His anecdotes and observations interrupt my scattered, frivolous thoughts with sobering insights.

On Movies & Media

IMAGE: "The Secret" is screwy, and other recent observations.

I continue to find frequent, thought-provoking, inspiring thoughts at the new Image blog. Ann Conway notes the problem with The Secret. Other recent IMAGE commentaries include: * A look at the new film As We Forgive, "first-time filmmaker Laura Waters Hinson's look at reconciliation in the wake of

Looking Elsewhere

Specials: CT Readers Choose Best of '07. The Passion of the Screenwriter. Is Juno Overrated?

Where does Evan Almighty rate higher than No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood? In the Readers' Choice Awards at Christianity Today Movies! (Earlier, the CT Movies Critics Choice awards.) * The Passion of the Screenwriter A screenwriter sued Mel Gibson More at Peter Chattaway's