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Forster is fortunate that Hosseinni has provided him with a lovely, appropriately cinematic novel and controlling metaphor, the kite flying that precedes his title's kite running. It seems that in the peaceable Kabul of yore, kids once flew kites competitively, hoping to cut their opponents' strings by deftly maneuvering...
Young Fred had been his parents' joy until little Nick came along. They immediately found constant fault with Fred, even as they cheered everything the baby did: giving away his presents to needier kids, jumping down a chimney, chopping down a fir tree that his big brother happened to be...
When it opened on Friday, Dan was decapitated by Saw IV, grossing only about $4 million to the horror movie's $14 million. Then it picked up steam Saturday, while Saw lost some teeth. Older viewers may catch up with Dan; in industry parlance, the film may have legs. Let...
Beneath its lacquered surfaces and tasteful period trappings, Lust, Caution is a movie about the ineffable mystery of sex - its power to debase, as well as to sanctify. In the film, the lovers' first encounter is violent, verging on rape; later, when they twist into a fleshy pretzel, their embrace...
As the hyperinvolved parent of two, I realize there are worse phenomena than people spending a lot of time with their kids. But it's also exhausting, and pop culture has started asking if kid life has overwhelmed adult life. In the book Perfect Madness, Judith Warner worries that a...