Saturday, October 20th, 2001 by Richard Grenier -- Well, before I tell you what I thought of "The Last Castle," featuring Robert Redford and James Gandolfini, which opened yesterday nationwide, let me tell you about the more…

Saturday, October 13th, 2001 by Richard Grenier -- Distinguished historian John Lukacs has examined five days in London in May 1940 when the future of Western civilization hung in perilous balance. Between May 24 and May more…

Saturday, October 6th, 2001 by Richard Grenier -- By all accounts, including his own, the Duke of Saint-Simon (1675-1755) was a sensitive, self-obsessed, ill-tempered man. A courtier and a singular chronicler of court life under Louis more…

Saturday, September 29th, 2001 by Richard Grenier -- Susan Sontag is in a real snit again. In case her name may not be instantly familiar to you, she's that intellectual lady who first made sort of more…

Saturday, September 22nd, 2001 by Richard Grenier -- Can it be by chance or a felicitous turn of fate that the first war vessel to set forth from American shores in quest of Osama bin Laden more…

Saturday, September 15th, 2001 by Richard Grenier -- Sunday night, HBO gave us the first two segments of the 10-part "Band of Brothers." Tuesday morning, in the wake of the horrific terrorist bombings, the recollection of more…

Saturday, September 8th, 2001 by Richard Grenier -- Jonathan Franzen right now must feel he's king of the world as novelists go. His publisher, Jonathan Galassi – editor and current head of the distinguished house of more…

Saturday, September 1st, 2001 by Richard Grenier -- Know the name John De Forest? Didn't think so. I didn't, at least until the other day when I happened to pick up a Penguin Classics novel with more…

Saturday, August 25th, 2001 by Richard Grenier -- What a movie! For sheer offensiveness, I don't think I've seen anything in years to match "Bubble Boy." A Disney product, opening this weekend, it is the first more…

Saturday, August 18th, 2001 by Richard Grenier -- "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion" written by, directed and starring Woody Allen is a joy, a delight, a hoot. It may just be one of his funniest more…