Tag: John F. Kennedy
Glimmers of Good Acting Don’t Make Up for the Fact That You Could Just Watch “National Anthem” Instead of Jackie
It’s the movie and performance no one can seem to stop talking about. Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy in her aggrieved widow state is Oscar [Read More…]
On Bob Hoskins’ Greatest Role
Bob Hoskins’ death on April 29th signaled the loss of a great actor–maybe even Peter O’Toole level great. Hoskins, who died from–of all things–pneumonia, has [Read More…]
Don DeLillo’s Libra: A Humanizing Account of Lee Harvey Oswald
Libra, one of the lesser appreciated works of Don DeLillo, came out in 1988–twenty-five years after John F. Kennedy’s death. Speculating on the events that [Read More…]
