Graham Greene

Borders Were Made To Be Crossed

Rebecca Tinsley | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Drc, Smuggling, Border, Goma, Zaire, Argentina, Graham Greene, Cuidad Del Este, Gisenyi, Brazil, Passport, Congo, Paraguay, Rwanda, Travel News

Cuidad del Este is a bustling city on the Paraguayan side of the Rio Parana. It forms the triple frontier with Brazil and Argentina, but it couldn't be more different from its orderly neighbors.

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Hollywood Indians

Jay Tavare | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Will Sampson, Jay Silverheels, Iron Eyes Cody, Graham Greene, Racism, Discrimination, Hollywood, Academy Awards, Little Big Man, American Indians in Film, Native Americans, Lone Ranger, Hollywood Indians, American Indian Film Festival, American Indian Actors, Entertainment News

In early films, we Indians were depicted as nothing more than bronze, half-clothed savages, sporting stereotypical double braids, screaming as we got shot off horses. Hollywood's portrayals are responsible for the shallow perception most folks have of our people.

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Doubt Is The Faith That Binds Us Together

Jon M. Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Graham Greene, Monsignor Quixote, Doubt and Faith, Agnostic Catholic, Don Quixote, Uncertainty, Religious Beliefs, Doubt, Agnosticism, Belief in God, Religious Tolerance, Religion News

It is increasingly clear to me that doubt is, in fact, the most important faith of all. Doubt invigorates faith, demands more of it, and causes us to ask more of each other.

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Casino Jack (A Mayor Koch Review)

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Insider, Graham Greene, Ed Koch, A.j. Abucay, Thomas Farley, Mayor at the Movies, Barry Pepper, Kevin Spacey, George Hickenlooper, Jack Abramoff, Entertainment News

The dramatized account of the rise and fall of corrupt Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff will fascinate--and enrage--you. Kevin Spacey is terrific, as...

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Live from the Toronto Film Festival: Sunday, Sept. 12

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dustin Lance Black, Ed Harris, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Amigo, Bunraku, Rowan Joffe, John Sayles, Jennifer Connelly, Last Night, Garret Dillahunt, Graham Greene, What?S Wrong With Virginia, Marshall Fine Commentary, Brighton Rock, Marshall Fine Blog, Chris Cooper, Entertainment News

I had decided before today even started to use the idea of "audience films vs. festival films" as a theme for my discussion of the day's screenings. ...

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Toronto Film Fest Day 4: Old Men, Young Girls, Graham Greene and Amigos

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Graham Greene, Catherine Breillat, Toronto International Film Festival, Fairy Tales, Helen Mirren, Movies, John Sayles, Entertainment News

Now we're talking: a five-movie day with no hiccups. Now if only we could do something about the quality of the films.

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Eunice Frost: The Largely Forgotten Editor Of Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh

Telegraph | Gaby Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

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She brought Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh and Dorothy L Sayers to the masses and revolutionised the way we read, yet the life of Eunice Frost, the Pengu...

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'Lost' Begins Its Final Season With No Clues. Well, Maybe One: A Japanese Novel, Deep River

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Graham Greene, Japanese Novels, Shusaku Endo, Lost, Catholic Fiction, Abc, Deep River, Books News

In the sixth episode of the coming season of "Lost," a novel by Shusaku Endo figures in the plot. The book, like the show, is shot through with questions of faith and free will.

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Number One Third Man

Kim Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Graham Greene, Joseph Cotten, Carole Reed, Orson Welles, End of the Affair, Power and the Glory, Entertainment News

When pressed to choose my favorite film, the same picture always rises to the surface -- "The Third Man." No matter how many films I see, I'm fairly certain it will remain my eternal, instinctual favorite.

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Twilight Saga: New Moon trailer

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trailer, New Moon, Bella, Graham Greene, Twilight, Summit, Edward, Dakota Fanning, News, Scott Mendelson, Movies, Entertainment News

The biggest shock in this trailer is that the film lacks the distinctive blue/grey palette of the first film.

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Bush Misreads Iraq: 'The Quiet American' Not Kristol Clear

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq, Vietnam, Bush, Bush Graham Green, Bush Reading, Graham Greene, Bush Iraq, Bush Books, Bush Quiet American, Politics News

Though George Bush cited The Quiet American in a speech that drew several dubious links between the Vietnam and Iraq conflicts, it's very doubtful he even read the novel.

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