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Saints and sinners: Peter Conrad is sobered by a rethinking of Faust that is far from heaven Faust remains the most irrepressible of mythic heroes because we live in a Faustian culture. The man who sells his soul to the devil represents the best and the worst of us: in theory, an aspiring...(Continue Reading) The return of the soldier. - movie reviews THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIER, based on the first novel of the then 24-year-old Rebecca West, is the second theatrical film of the British television director ......(Continue Reading)Gold chains TOPHER LAFATE IS THE MASTERMIND behind the genre-bending project dubbed Gold Chains--a musical collage that pieces together elements of punk rock, breezy ......(Continue Reading)Good Intentions. - Review - book review John C. Culver and John Hyde, American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace (New York: W.W. Norton, 2000), 608 pp., $35. IT WAS ON the day of July 11, 1944 that FDR finally decided to...(Continue Reading)CD Reviews CD REVIEWS Thursday, July 17, 2003 Brooks & Dunn Red Dirt Road Arista Nashville Like an old pickup truck, Brooks & Dunn are sturdy and reliable....(Continue Reading)
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