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100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather, #1
December 20, 2025The Godfather made careers, most notably those of Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino, despite the...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Ballad Of The Soldier
November 2, 2026This weekend, Peter Weir graces us with The Way Back, a tale of daring escape by...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Destiny and Desire by Carlos Fuentes
November 2, 2026A decapitated head washes ashore near the Mexican resort city of Acapulco. A young man, Josué,...
Dance
Introducing Dance Vine, A New CLR Blog
November 2, 2026We are pleased to announce our new blog, Dance Vine. CLR dance critics Hanna Oldsman and...
History
Book Review: The Big Policeman by J. North Conway
November 1, 2026J. North Conway's new account of the law enforcement career of Thomas Byrnes, The Big Policeman,...
Movies
Movie Review: Season of the Witch
November 1, 2026There are many different ways to go when making a film about knights, witches, pestilence, the...
Movies
A Voice In The Night Tells Dan Fields To Shut Up (Although He Does Have A Point)
October 31, 2026You got me, Dan. I didn’t see Let Me In this year. But just for the...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Not Your Average Romcoms!
October 31, 2026We like our romcoms quirky. None of this, please. Romantic comedy in the last few decades...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Sherlockian< by Graham Moore
October 31, 2026There is a telling scene in the novel, when Conan Doyle visits the theatre managed by...
Movies
“Let Me In!” Cries A Voice In The Night
October 31, 2026A certain writer for the California Literary Review has thoughtfully distilled a whole year of reviews,...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Oscar Buzz 2011 Rages On!!
October 31, 2026We here at The Fourth Wall are taking another look out our favorite film work from...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
October 31, 2026If anything can be said with certainty about our fickle reading public, it is that they...
Television
Credit Where Credit’s Due: “Dexter” Main Titles
October 30, 2026Welcome to The Fourth Wall’s newest blog series, Credit Where Credit’s Due, which will focus on...
Movies & TV
The 10 Worst Movies of 2010
October 30, 2026I’m a sucker for a silly romantic comedy, but this particular romantic comedy is for suckers....
Movies
The 10 Best Movies of 2010
October 30, 2026Any year in which a movie this perfect has legitimate competition for Best Film of the...
The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: The Best of Christmas on Television
October 30, 2026“A very merry Christmas, and a happy New Year, let’s hope it’s a good one, without...
The Fourth Wall
Brilliant Character Actor Pete Postlethwaite Dead at 64
October 29, 2026Rest in peace, sir. You may have known him as “that guy,” or “Kobayashi,” or “Father...
Movies
Movie Review: True Grit
October 29, 2026Offered her choice of disciplined and fair-minded bounty hunters to help her find the killer, she...
Best Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Parties For A New Year
October 29, 2026In the spirit of celebration, we take a moment to remember some of our favorite movie...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Critics’ Picks: Best Books of 2010
October 29, 2026Our annual selection of noteworthy books.
Espionage
Brighton Rock Rises Again. Graham Greene Abides.
October 29, 2026Acclaimed screenwriter Rowan Joffé will try his hand at the directing game next year. For his...
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Movies & TV
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather, #1
December 20, 2025The Godfather made careers, most notably those of Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino, despite the...
Movies
In Defense of The Social Network: Movie demonizes sexism, doesn’t glamorize it.
October 16, 2026Fiction vs. reality: Eisenberg and Zuckerberg. First things first: I’m in the business of paying close...
After Image
Farewell to the Future: Iconic “Sleeper” House is Foreclosed On
October 27, 2026By 1973, the “technological faith, confidence, and competence” Hines sees embodied in the modernism of the...
Russia
Book Review: Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
October 18, 2026Pasternak ranges the individualism of Zhivago against the heartless society that is being erected by the...
Movies
Catching Up With 2010: Marmaduke
October 9, 2026A scant few minutes into Marmaduke there’s a fart joke. Right after this fart joke Marmaduke...
The Fourth Wall
All Of This Will Happen Again: Step Up 2 The Streets Revisited!
October 5, 2026Earlier this week we took a look at the first Step Up, the hit machine that...
Art
Art Review: Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy and Germany, 1918-1936
October 14, 2026Chaos and Classicism tells the story of good intentions that went terribly wrong. After the carnage...
Movies
Movie Review: Step Up 3D
October 3, 2026Step Up 3D is a good movie. Not an instant classic, but a genuine celebration of...
Dance
Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker
October 28, 2026For sheer production values, though, the San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker remains at the top of the...
Games
Video Game Review: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
October 22, 2026Oddly enough, it’s this great multiplayer mode that most throws the rest of the game into...
The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: Misleading Movie Titles
October 25, 2026Sometimes a movie's title appears to be a secret known only to the writer. Sometimes it...
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