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On Movies & Media

Thomas Hibbs Gets "The Dark Knight." Plus: Andrew Sarris.

And here... we... GO! Thomas Hibbs from First Things: ... The Joker espouses a nihilist philosophy concerning the arbitrariness of the code of morality in civilized society; it is but a thin veneer, a construct intended for our consolation. If you tear away at the surface, ‚Äúcivilized people will eat each

On Movies & Media

Sarris on "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days" - the raves continue

Andrew Sarris (The New York Observer) on Sophie Scholl: The Final Days: Another surprise — perhaps as much for you as for me — is that in her last days, Sophie doesn’t emerge as some kind of secular saint, but rather as a deep believer in her mother’s Protestant Lutheran

Looking Elsewhere

Specials: Sarris on where "Brokeback" is broken. Pretty woman, Gump may join Mike Nichols. CNN on religious media.

Wednesday's specials: SARRIS DARES TO SHRUG OFF BROKEBACK MOUNTAINCourageously stating some of the obvious problems with Brokeback Mountain, Andrew Sarris demonstrates that he's willing to swim upstream against the tidal wave of hype: Besides, the problem of the economic disparity between lower-middle-class Ennis and upper-middle-class Jack