Columns
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Al Weiwei, His ‘Never Sorry’ Director and Their Serendipitous Meeting
Guest Blog: The movie, the Chinese artist and activist, has finally reached Taipei — but still has not been shown yet in China
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‘Lincoln’ – and Norman Mailer’s Aversion to Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg's new biopic is a carefully studied, moving view of history — and laborious … but at least E.T. isn't in it
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Hurricane Sandy Spoke: Were You Listening, Hollywood?
Guest Blog: The tragedy of hurricane Sandy means it's time for Hollywood to make a movie that will show people what will happen if we don't get our act together on climate change
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My Blind Date With the Best James Bond of Them All
Guest blog: Why "Skyfall's" Daniel Craig can't compare to the original 007.
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OD’ing on My New Favorite Stars
Guest blog: The ultimate sensitive guy, the pretty girl who’s messed up but has a heart of gold and People's Sexiest Man Alive
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Making It as a Band May Be Tough, but Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Guest blog: While it’s much easier these days to release music without big-label assistance, the need to protect musicians and their work remains the same.
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Ang Lee Opens Film Studio, ‘Life of Pi’ in His Native Taiwan
Guest Blog: Director Ang Lee returns to his homeland Taiwan for the premiere of "Life of Pi" and the opening of a new film studio
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Oy … I Almost Peed My Pants Seeing ‘Old Jews Telling Jokes’
Guest blog: For me, seeing young actors join in the fun confirms the important tradition of a new generation learning tthe art of repeat-joke-telling
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‘The Sessions,’ My Almost-Father-in-Law Jonas Salk – and the Healing Power of Sex
Guest blog: How repressed a society we are — despite all of our iPad and techno-net ways of relating
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Taiwan’s Golden Horse Filmfest Invites Controversy With Chinese Host
Founded in 1962, the Golden Horse Film Festival — often called the Oscars of Asia — is an annual fixture on Taipei’s cultural calendar. For directors, producers, actors and fans of Chinese-language cinema, the festival — scheduled this year for Nov. 24 — gets better every year. And if you're wondering why it's called…
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‘Skyfall’ Takes Product Placement to Next Level with Heineken
Guest Blog: Heineken is hoping beer drinkers will be stirred by their "Skyfall" campaign, but Sony marketers may be the biggest winners
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Why the Tale of ‘Doc Holliday’s Woman’ Remains Unseen
Guest Blog: The story of "Doc Holliday's Woman," the real-life Hungarian immigrant Kate Elder, has come close to making it onto the small screen several times
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Guest Blog: Hurricane Sandy, First-Person: The Storm That Split New York in Half
Sandy plunged this film exec's family and fellow downtown New Yorkers into darkness, but the recovery proved enlightening
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Uncovering the Past in ‘The Flat’
Guest Blog: Israeli Arnon’s Goldfinger’s compelling documentary “The Flat” reminds us that our relatives may well be saving treasures for us, if only we ask
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‘Argo’ Works, From a Tehran, D.C. and Hollywood Perspective
Guest blog: A former D.C. journalist who was based at the embassy in Tehran and went on to become a Hollywood studio exec says "Argo" gets it right