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
On Books & Writing A Little Milton on a Monday Afternoon My new friend Kelly Foster just emailed this to me. It's a quote from John Milton's Areopagitica, which I haven't read since 1991, so it's time to revisit it: He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming
On Movies & Media At Image: Kelly Foster on "Why I Watch Sex and the City" I knew that if Image journal ran a piece on the Sex and the City controversy, that I would gain some perspective that I'd been lacking in the heat of the recent debate. Sure enough, Kelly Foster's honest, personal testimony, "Why I Watch Sex and
