Harvey Weinstein | The Bedlam Files

DOWN AND DIRTY PICTURES: MIRAMAX, SUNDANCE, AND THE RISE OF INDEPENDENT FILM

Peter Biskind’s riotously compelling chronicle of the American independent film revolution of the 1990s

Here’s an embarrassing admission: until recently I was an Oscar nerd

Another year, another underwhelming showing from the mainstream publishing industry

The standout books of 2022, as chosen by me

The latest in a long line of nonfiction accounts of the crimes committed by Harvey Weinstein

Here, in the early days of 2021, is the latest edition of my annual Bedlam in Print overview

The fabulously exotic Elina Löwensohn, who for a time was the indie “it” girl, and remains an actress to watch

Here, in the early days of 2021, is the latest edition of my annual Bedlam in Print overview

On THE CELL (2000) and the effects, pro and con, of controversy

It’s an interesting thing about Woody Allen: not too long ago he was considered the epitome of class and sophistication, but now he’s a pariah