Dec 14, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
This review by Philip Kennicott takes note of how, as I noted earlier at TNN, Ron Howard’s film emphasizes the “giant-killer” theme – though Kennicott emphasizes the similarity to the Shakespearean treatment of history rather than the horror...
Dec 12, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Today came word that John Harris, the chief of staff to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich who was arrested on Tuesday with his boss, has resigned his position. His attorney, Jim Sotos, stated that his client was taking this action “because it was the right thing to...
Dec 11, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The difference in overall tone between Peter Morgan’s play Frost/Nixon and the film version directed by Ron Howard is noteworthy. The action of the play, right up to the point where David Frost begins to interview President Nixon, is light in tone, frequently...
Dec 11, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
This morning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the Golden Globe awards, and as expected Frost/Nixon led the field with five nominations (along with The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and Doubt; four nominations apiece went to...
Dec 9, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
In today’s Washington Post Peter Marks interviews Ron Howard, the director of Nixon/Frost, and Peter Morgan, its writer. On C-SPAN’s Washington Journal the other day Howard assured viewers that the film, already playing in New York and Los Angeles and...
