Christopher Nolan Finds Awe and Terror in an Uneven Epic Review By John Larkin For me, the middle of July has become Christopher Nolan season. Going back to THE DARK KNIGHT in 2008, so many of his films have arrived during this particular stretch of summer that seeing one has become something of a personal tradition. Whether I am buying a ticket or attending a screening, the experience often brings me to AMC Lincoln Square, where Nolan’s enormous images have come to feel espe

by John Larkin About a month ago, Films in Review Editor in Chief Roy Frumkes and I traveled to Monroeville, Pennsylvania, for the final Living Dead Weekend celebration to be held at the Monroeville Mall before its planned demolition. It was my first time attending the event, while Roy has a long history with Dawn of the Dead, having appeared as a zombie in the film and directed Document of the Dead, the definitive documentary on the making of George A. Romero’s horror classi

Review by Victoria Alexander I went to see MICHAEL for the music. I left the theater terrified of Joe Jackson. I am reading Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci by Bülent Atalay. There is a brief mention that Leonardo “may never have had a sexual relationship with a woman.” The author writes that “he may have been a homosexual was long suspected by art historians.” Well, “long suspected” flies in the face of Leonardo’s accusation of sodomy, and the