“Throughout the ages, man has sought to look behind the veil that hides him from tomorrow.” The Razor’s Edge (1946) and Nightmare Alley (1947) are two films that don’t seem to have much to do with one another. The Razor’s Edge depicts the adventures of a group of middle-class friends…

Christopher Hitchens is not dead. Not entirely. His sound and vision can be conjured up any time of the day or night online, in an endless assortment of videos and clips on YouTube and beyond. Search C-SPAN’s archive for “Hitchens” and you will find his 75+ appearances on the channel…

Christine Chubbuck, a television reporter at a local news station in Sarasota, Florida, committed suicide during a live broadcast on July 15, 1974. Christine (2016) is based on this true story; her shocking on-air act was the first of its kind and mentioned openly during the film’s initial release. Although…

In 1998, the writing staff of the Washington, DC, politico magazine the New Republic are all comers — bright young folks on their way up in journalism. The writer with the most brilliant career ahead of him is also the youngest on staff and office pet, Stephen Glass. Glass’s stories…

State of Grace was released in late 1990 when fascination with the Westies of Hell’s Kitchen in New York was at its peak. Though the movie is quick to point out the horror and pointlessness of much of the violence that happened during the era of the 1970s and 1980s…