John Ford

Walters: Gunslinging Big 12 South worthy of title bid

Wild division features championship talent, but could be left out of hunt Texas Tech wide receiver Michael Crabtree hauled in the game-winner against Texas, and continued a wild ride in the Big 12 South. Oklahoma, Oklahoma...

AMAD: The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1947) My dear, since Eve took the apple no woman has ever been taken...

Ahoy, squirts! And we have a great film to discuss on our quintaversary, 1947’s romantic fantasy drama THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR starring one of cinema’s most beautiful leading ladies Gene Tierney as the titular Mrs. Muir, a...

SX7876 : Ilsington: St Michael's Church

There has been a church on this site since the 11th century although the present cruciform building dates from the early 14th century with 15th century additions. In terms of area the parish is one of the largest in Devon. John...

State must pay Ophelia Ford's lawyers

MEMPHIS — A federal judge has ordered the state to pay $117,000 in attorneys fees to state Sen. Ophelia Ford after she filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the Senate from voiding her win in a 2005 special election.

My Best Shot: Peter Semel

The Baltimore Sun welcomes submissions for "My Best Shot." Photos should have been taken within the past year and be accompanied by a description of when and where you took the picture and your name, address and phone number....

What did Dubya do?

George W. Bush's reign has been controversial from the start, but they say troubled times yield great art. As Americans prepare to pick his successor, we look at movies, books, music, theatre and visual arts and ask: what is...

Television: A legendary ripoff?

Abc Studios, Associated Press - Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert -- as well as a passion for sweeping photography, heaving bosoms, chiseled hunks and costumes straight out of Macy's S&M Collection. But the two-hour premiere feels so...

Boss

Recommended The Film:Former football star Fred Williamson had already established himself as an actor with his recurring role on television's Julia, and in film with Robert Altman's MASH and Otto Preminger's Tell Me That You...

The Reel Thing - The Atlantic (November 2008)

Now we have the long-called-for companion to David Thomson’s A Biographical Dictionary of Film, first published in 1975 and throughout its various editions the most seductive, infuriating, and influential reference book ever...

Take a front-row seat for this cinematic masterpiece

By John Boland Saturday November 01 2008 HAVE YOU SEEN...? A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films By David Thomson Allen Lane, stg£22 If you love good prose, provocative insights and witty put-downs and have even a passing...