Tag: truth

  • The no-spin zone: A review of Jonathan Dee’s A Thousand Pardons

    The no-spin zone: A review of Jonathan Dee’s A Thousand Pardons

    Reviewed in this essay: A Thousand Pardons, by Jonathan Dee. Random House, 2013. Lance Armstrong could have used a hand from Helen Armstead, the inexperienced public relations guru at the heart of Jonathan Dee’s novel A Thousand Pardons. Whereas Armstrong’s stone-faced mea culpa was undermined by years of deceit, Helen would have had him prostrate…

  • Forgoing truth for drama: Kathryn Bigelow’s not-so-true story Zero Dark Thirty

    Forgoing truth for drama: Kathryn Bigelow’s not-so-true story Zero Dark Thirty

    Reviewed in this essay: Zero Dark Thirty, written by Mark Boal. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Kyle Chandler. Running Time: 157 minutes. Opening in Toronto Jan. 11. Kathryn Bigelow’s Academy Award-winning The Hurt Locker (2009) succeeded as a straightforward study of military bomb disarmers. Although the film was set during the…