The films “Sid and Nancy,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” and “O Brother, Where Art Thou” don’t seem to have much in common. Neither do “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” “Dead Man Walking,” and “Skyfall.” The bond ...
Our technology encourages so much sharing of so much data, a fire hose of information and images hitting us from every direction, that gentle, literary essays might seem an antiquated art form. But ...