Displaying items 13-24 of 55
» View wsbtradio.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
•
Next >
-
Cannes 2012: Watch trailers of six films playing the festival
24 FramesAmong the films in the lineup of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival are "On the Road," "Moonrise Kingdom," "Cosmopolis" and "7 Days in Havana."... -
Holiday books: Fiction
Aleph
A Novel
Paulo Coelho
Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95
A crisis of faith prompts a man to begin a journey of self-discovery from Africa to Asia.
The Angel Esmeralda
Nine Stories
Don DeLillo
Scribner, $24
The first collection of short stories from a...Tags: Langston Hughes, Manhattan (New York City), Nobel Prize Awards, Awards and Prizes, World War I (1914-1918)
-
Book Review: 'Millennium People' by J.G. Ballard
![When J.G. Ballard died in April 2009, he left behind a body of work dominated by a few key ideas. First were the erotic possibilities of violence, as embodied by his 1973 novel "Crash." Equally important was his sense of suburban life as not just soul-dead but also dangerous — where beneath a surface layer of conformity we find ugliness and rage. It's easy, in an age of workplace violence and school shootings, to take such a vision for granted; what Ballard is reflecting back at us is the essence of ourselves. But when he first explored these concepts in the 1960s, it was a departure as radical in its way as any of that era.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63392676-21112728.jpg "When J.G. Ballard died in April 2009, he left behind a body of work dominated by a few key ideas. First were the erotic possibilities of violence, as embodied by his 1973 novel "Crash.\" Equally important was his sense of suburban life as not just soul-dead but also dangerous — where beneath a surface layer of conformity we find ugliness and rage. It's easy, in an age of workplace violence and school shootings, to take such a vision for granted; what Ballard is reflecting back at us is the essence of ourselves. But when he first explored these concepts in the 1960s, it was a departure as radical in its way as any of that era.")
Los Angeles Times Book CriticWhen J.G. Ballard died in April 2009, he left behind a body of work dominated by a few key ideas. First were the erotic possibilities of violence, as embodied by his 1973 novel "Crash." Equally important was his sense of suburban life as not just soul-...Tags: Real Estate, Science, Social Issues, Juvenile Delinquency, Health and Medical Professionals
-
The evolving images of 9/11
![The first screening of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" came just weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11. The movie had been in the works for years, the first in a trilogy based on novels that had been written decades earlier, of course, by an Englishman named J.R.R. Tolkien during Hitler's rise to power and World War II. And yet the first minute of the film delivered a queasy jolt of immediacy, a chill of recognition. It opened with no image, and very faint background music, little but a black screen and Cate Blanchett's mournful voice, reciting what sounded like, that autumn day, either a prayer or the most poetic 9/11 editorial no one had written yet:](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/64604077-11111847.jpg "The first screening of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring\" came just weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11. The movie had been in the works for years, the first in a trilogy based on novels that had been written decades earlier, of course, by an Englishman named J.R.R. Tolkien during Hitler's rise to power and World War II. And yet the first minute of the film delivered a queasy jolt of immediacy, a chill of recognition. It opened with no image, and very faint background music, little but a black screen and Cate Blanchett's mournful voice, reciting what sounded like, that autumn day, either a prayer or the most poetic 9/11 editorial no one had written yet:")
The first screening of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" came just weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11. The movie had been in the works for years, the first in a trilogy based on novels that had been written decades earlier, of course,...Tags: Super 8 (movie), Cate Blanchett, Neil Young, Lost (tv program), Documentary (genre)
-
From politics to poetry
Tribune NewspapersIt's tempting, looking at the fall's books, to think of this as a political season. Dick Cheney got it started with "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," and Joe McGinnis pitched in with "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin." (That...Tags: Langston Hughes, Herman Melville, Journalism, Awards and Prizes, P.J. O'Rourke
-
Fall book preview
![It's tempting, looking at the fall's books, to think of this as a political season. Dick Cheney got it started with "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," and in November we'll see a different (and perhaps conflicting?) take when Condoleezza Rice publishes "No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington." John Paul Stevens reflects on his 35 years on the Supreme Court in "Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir"; Michele Bachmann weighs in with an as yet untitled book about her life.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/65133787-30140252.jpg "It's tempting, looking at the fall's books, to think of this as a political season. Dick Cheney got it started with "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir,\" and in November we'll see a different (and perhaps conflicting?) take when Condoleezza Rice publishes \"No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington.\" John Paul Stevens reflects on his 35 years on the Supreme Court in \"Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir\"; Michele Bachmann weighs in with an as yet untitled book about her life.")
Tribune newspapersIt's tempting, looking at the fall's books, to think of this as a political season. Dick Cheney got it started with "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," and in November we'll see a different (and perhaps conflicting?) take when Condoleezza...Tags: Langston Hughes, Richard Nixon, Herman Melville, Journalism, Awards and Prizes
-
Book review: 'The Art of Fielding' by Chad Harbach
The Art of Fielding
A Novel
Chad Harbach
Little, Brown: 528 pp., $25.99
In terms of conjuring a shorthand for a certain American innocence, there are few delivery systems quite so direct as baseball. Touched on by a library's worth of authors...Tags: Literature, Baseball, John Updike, Herman Melville, Cinderella (fictional character)
-
Dana Spiotta writes firmly in the moment
!["Seventies Los Angeles is really not ever very far from my mind, for some weird reason," says author Dana Spiotta, a former Angeleno who now lives in upstate New York. "I just <i>love</i> '70s Los Angeles."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/63702074-04165925.jpg ""Seventies Los Angeles is really not ever very far from my mind, for some weird reason,\" says author Dana Spiotta, a former Angeleno who now lives in upstate New York. \"I just <i>love</i> '70s Los Angeles.\"")
Los Angeles Times"Seventies Los Angeles is really not ever very far from my mind, for some weird reason," says author Dana Spiotta, a former Angeleno who now lives in upstate New York. "I just love '70s Los Angeles." The city plays a big part in her latest novel,...Tags: Syracuse, Connecticut, Radio, New York, Iggy Pop
-
Review: 'My American Unhappiness' by Dean Bakopoulos
Los Angeles TimesMy American Unhappiness A Novel Dean Bakopoulos Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 277 pp., $24 Whichever way you turn, beacons of American inauthenticity and political dysfunction are all around you, clamoring for your head space, your dollars, your...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Television, Satire (genre), Noah Baumbach, Facebook
-
In this Sunday's Times: Getting to know Don DeLillo
Jacket CopyUnfamiliar with the works of Don DeLillo? For a primer of sorts, says David L. Ulin in a review featured in this Sunday's books coverage, you might turn to the collection "The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories." This short story collection,...... -
'Dangerous Method': David Cronenberg on Freud, Jung and hysteria
24 FramesDavid Cronenberg, director of blood-soaked dramas like “A History of Violence” and cult genre pictures like “The Fly,” detours into the life of the mind with his new film, “A Dangerous Method.” Adapted from... -
Carmageddon reading list: 19 books about the joys and terrors of transportation
Jacket CopyCarmaggedon: your 19-book reading list. Hope it's enough to keep you busy while stuck in traffic....
Apr 19, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Dec 4, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jul 24, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Sep 9, 2011
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Sep 30, 2011
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Sep 29, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Oct 16, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Aug 3, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Aug 7, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Nov 25, 2011
| Los Angeles Times
Nov 22, 2011
| Los Angeles Times
Jul 12, 2011
| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Don DeLillo topic gallery.