Latest from Ron Charles
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In these latter days of Trump’s calamitous reign, his disciples have co-opted not just Big Brother’s methods but Orwell’s very name.
- Jan 11, 2021
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North’s fresh take on the western is a thrilling tale that’s eerily familiar but utterly transformed.
- Jan 7, 2021
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“Black Buck” is alternately sly and sweet, a work of cultural criticism that laments and celebrates the power of money.
- Jan 4, 2021
F. Scott Fitzgerald's copyright expired on Jan. 1, 2021 — more adaptations are coming!
- Jan 4, 2021
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Michael Farris Smith’s prequel capitalizes on the copyright expiration of Fitzgerald’s 1925 classic.
- Dec 29, 2020
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A handful of new novels could portend a dramatic break from more than a century of visual dullness.
- Dec 22, 2020
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With its buoyant sense of wonder, “D” is a novel graciously indebted to the fantasies of C.S. Lewis, James Thurber and Norton Juster.
- Dec 14, 2020
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We’re still coming to grips with the “revelation” that creators we love can say and do despicable things.
- Dec 7, 2020
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My introduction to contemporary poets was a trial by fire. Here’s what I learned along the way.
- Dec 4, 2020