Writer

Martin S. Levine

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A Man's A Man

The first course in a two-week Harvard Brechfest, A Man's a Man much resembles a glass of orange juice: acid,


Finian's Rainbow

The passage of time has faded Finian's Rainbow. Its fantasy minces, its humor stumbles, its message plods. Its plot--which genially


Thunderball

So many characters in Thunderball are knifed, shot, speared, strangled, gassed, drowned, fried, eaten, or blown to smithereens that one


Under Mills Wood

Though written for radio, Under Milk Wood surely deserves live public performance; yet, I would have thought it obvious that


Repulsion

Nightmares are frightening because they make the bizarre inescapably logical, and any work of art dealing in horror and suspense


The Married Woman

"Plotless," "pretentious," and "pointedly avant garde" are all perfectly accurate epithets for The Married Woman, and I only wish I


Throne of Blood

Though "based on" Macbeth, Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood retains only the psychology and basic plot. Gone is the poetry


Has Success Spoiled John LeCarre? Is the Big Question of Second Novel

The Looking Glass War is either a good book with serious flaws or a bad one with unusual virtues, and


State's High Court Approaches Ruling On Arboretum Suit

The lengthy, bitter, and complex Arnold Arboretum case entered its final phase yesterday as arguments were heard in the Commonwealth's