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The new Bond movie and the new “Iron Curtain” history
There’s something uneven about the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, though not in a bad way, and I think it has to do with the juxtaposition of luxury and austerity. Near the start of the movie, when 007 has dropped out of sight, he’s shown boozing at a low-rent beach bar. Near the end, when he needs to make a final stand, he retreats to a derelict stone manor glowering over the starkest of Scottish countrysides. So the story is bracketed by evidence of Bond’s ultimate need for little or nothing. Yet in between our eyes are treated, of course, to the usual black ties and backless dresses, luxury yachts and elite suites.
Beyond Bond: A 50-year-old franchise finally comes of age with ‘Skyfall’
007 hasn’t been so cool since the 1960s
What students are talking about today (October 24th edition)
Nitro cocktails, a botched pick-up attempt & a Toronto killer
Daniel Craig on riding atop a train in Turkey, drunkenly choosing his own director and making the best Bond
In conversation with Brian D. Johnson
A pub’s-eye view of the Opening Ceremonies
What better place to tap the British soul on the eve of the Opening Ceremonies?
The Queen’s “mission” for Daniel Craig
Speculation is that Elizabeth II and the latest James Bond may play major roles in the London Olympics’ opening ceremony
Mergers: And they all lived happily ever after
From Shania Twain and Frédéric Thiébaud to the Huffington Post and AOL–this year’s best love stories
Opening Weekend: When is a motion picture truly ‘important’?
Film reviews of ‘Defiance,’ ‘The Class’ (‘Entre les murs’) and ‘Last Chance Harvey’
This guy’s not on Cruise control
Unlike Tom, some actors can actually make you forget you’re watching a Hollywood star