Archive for January 8th, 2006

LOSTCasts on “The Transmission”

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

If you’ve been a LOSTCasts listener for a while, you’ve no doubt heard us mention our good-natured rivalry with another LOST podcast, The Transmission. This week Ryan and Jen decided to do a segment on The Transmission about the LOST…

LOSTCasts on “The Transmission”

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

If you’ve been a LOSTCasts listener for a while, you’ve no doubt heard us mention our good-natured rivalry with another LOST podcast, The Transmission. This week Ryan and Jen decided to do a segment on The Transmission about the LOST…

LOSTCasts on “The Transmission”

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

If you’ve been a LOSTCasts listener for a while, you’ve no doubt heard us mention our good-natured rivalry with another LOST podcast, The Transmission. This week Ryan and Jen decided to do a segment on The Transmission about the LOST…

LOSTCasts on “The Transmission”

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

If you’ve been a LOSTCasts listener for a while, you’ve no doubt heard us mention our good-natured rivalry with another LOST podcast, The Transmission. This week Ryan and Jen decided to do a segment on The Transmission about the LOST…

LOSTCasts on “The Transmission”

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

If you’ve been a LOSTCasts listener for a while, you’ve no doubt heard us mention our good-natured rivalry with another LOST podcast, The Transmission. This week Ryan and Jen decided to do a segment on The Transmission about the LOST…

LOSTCasts on “The Transmission”

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

If you’ve been a LOSTCasts listener for a while, you’ve no doubt heard us mention our good-natured rivalry with another LOST podcast, The Transmission. This week Ryan and Jen decided to do a segment on The Transmission about the LOST…

LOSTCasts on “The Transmission”

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

If you’ve been a LOSTCasts listener for a while, you’ve no doubt heard us mention our good-natured rivalry with another LOST podcast, The Transmission. This week Ryan and Jen decided to do a segment on The Transmission about the LOST…

Movie Answer Man: ‘Munich’ meant to challenge viewers

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

Q. I’d like your readers to know that most if not all reasonable American Jews have no problem whatsoever with “Munich.” In fact, quite the opposite is true. Last night, I went with my father, an immigrant from Israel, to see the film. We both loved every minute of it and thought it portrayed Israeli/Palestinian relations in a positive and pretty realistic light.

If Jewish-American critics of “Munich” would take a look at some of the best films coming out of Israel made by Israeli filmmakers for an Israeli audience (such as “Time of Favor”), they might notice the same kind of soul-searching done by Avner in “Munich.”

Guy Handelman, Valley Village, Calif.

A. I doubt that you are right when you say “most,” and in fairness it is possible to be reasonable and still disapprove of the film. If “Munich” did not divide audience opinion, it would not be doing what Spielberg intended: To challenge his viewers to discuss issues which, in the minds of many, have long been settled one way or the other. Among dissent on the film, one of the sanest and most useful articles I’ve read was by Walter Reich, a former director of the U.S. Holocaust Museum, in the Washington Post.

The Armchair Arbiter - 01/08/06

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

Believe it or not, this week the Armchair Arbiter discusses Jesus’ goiter, distended orifices, and spam.