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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...
The Fourth Wall
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...
Movies
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
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....
Best 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...
Television
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...
Movies
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...
Espionage
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.
Writers
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...
Thrillers
Book Review: Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
October 28, 2026Whatever her faults, you can’t criticise Patricia Cornwell for sticking in a rut. Port Mortuary, her...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: The 10 Best Videogame Movies AREN’T Based On Videogames
October 28, 2026So where exactly are the good videogame movies? They’re everywhere, if you know where to look....
Movies & TV
Movie Review: How Do You Know
October 28, 2026Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd do not always make great movies, but when given the chance...
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...
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...
Dance
Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Swan Lake
November 8, 2026The dual-role of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake is well-known -- probably more now than ever, thanks...
Architecture
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...
Classics
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...
Art & Design
The Civil War Begins: An Exhibition at the Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia
November 4, 2026These are not merely newspapers, letters, transcripts of speeches and official reports from the 1850's through...
Theatre
Theatre Review: Frankenstein at the National Theatre, London
November 13, 2026There are some terrific “There’s something in the sack!” or “What’s that climbing down the wall?”...
Movies & TV
A Watchful Eye On… Winston Churchill
November 11, 2026Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, known best as the wartime Prime Minister, held in his distinguished...
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...
Video 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...
Games
Video Game Review: Fight Night Champion
November 11, 2026At the end of the day Fight Night Champion, when it works, proves to be a...
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