Writer
Benjamin J. Soskin
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Review: 'Hedda' Fueled by Destruction
When Henrik Ibsen wrote Hedda Gabler , he created characters whose psychologies would push them ever closer to destruction as
Review: ‘Streetcar’ Scores in Innovation
Let me tell you why it’s impossible to stage a great production of A Streetcar Named Desire . It’s nothing
Stoppard Brought to Life
“Two intermissions! There are two intermissions!” announced Jeremy W. Blocker ’04 as he passed through the Loeb Mainstage audience on
Review: 'Zucco' Succeeds Despite Script
There is an appealing air of vitality in the Loeb Ex production of Roberto Zucco , which runs through next
Review: Delusions of the Mind
Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind is a play about delusion. It’s difficult to write a play about delusion,
Oscar Preview
This is not an easy year to handicap the Oscar nominations, due to be announced Feb. 11. Nearly every category
Love's Labors
Punch-Drunk Love, the latest movie from master filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, is a fresh, subdued playlet of a comedy from
Sink or Swim?
20TH CENTURY FOX Unfaithful (May 10): As his hair gradually turns a whiter shade of gray, Richard Gere’s name has
America’s Favorite Alien Returns After Twenty Years
To be honest, I really don’t like Steven Spielberg. He’s simplistic, condescending and, the odd for-the-ages shot aside, he isn’t
Oscar Time: And the Nomination Goes to...
At the start of every year, film pundits and critics across the country wail about the dearth of cinematic treasures
Billy Bob: The Demon Barber of Main Street
The Coen brothers have lost their balance. After hitting their structural peak with the haunting and humanistic Fargo and their
Penny For Your Thoughts
A man sets up his table on the street, places a money jar atop it, puts up his sign and
(Cosmo) Disney's World
There was always something unnerving to me, as a grade-schooler, about listening to my recording of You’re a Good Man,
In the B.U.F.F.
Film festivals, by their nature, tend to exhibit flicks that would not be shown in your standard Indiana multiplex. So,
Writer's Block: Forrester Falls Flat
It’s impossible to learn anything from Finding Forrester that can’t be gleaned from the broad outlines of a schmaltzy CBS
