Reviews

Mystic River

Our movie maestro Thomas Wartenberg says that Clint Eastwood’s recent film Mystic River is a tragedy – but in the good sense of the word.
[Issue 45: March/April 2004]

On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry

Peter Benson applauds a beautiful book on beauty by Elaine Scarry.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004]

The Power of Ideas by Isaiah Berlin

Antony Flew devours a vastly varied collection of essays by the late Isaiah Berlin.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004]

Remake

Ellen Klein reviews a poignant and thoughtful film from her adopted home town of Sarajevo – Remake.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004]

Art and Knowledge by James O. Young

Bob Sharpe takes issue with James Young’s theory about art.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004]

Descartes’s Method of Doubt by Janet Broughton

Harry Bracken frets about Janet Broughton’s non-historical book on Descartes’ ideas.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

John Malkovich has made a clever movie about the hunt for a fat, cardigan-wearing philosophy professor with blood on his hands. Rich Guilfoyle watches The Dancer Upstairs.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism

Les Reid on a companion to Postmodernism which, rather unpostmodernly, gives a clear account of the historical facts of its subject matter.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

Zeno and the Tortoise by Nicholas Fearn

Adam Carter browses through Nicholas Fearn’s introduction to philosophy for bartenders who wear baseball caps.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003]

The Structure of Thinking by Laura Weed

Scott O’Reilly gets quite excited about a new book on the nature of the mind by Laura Weed.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003]

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