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Square meals

A self-described “quirky individualist,’’ Mo Lotman has done all sorts of things: writing, acting, music, even comedy. This makes the Somerville resident an ideal chronicler of Harvard Square, a very quirky place defined by all sorts of things. Lotman ...

From MARK FEENEY, Boston Globe,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University

Extra, extra credit

There are 100,000 credit card transactions per minute in the United States, and Americans carry nearly $1 trillion in credit card debt. Plastic has become as much a part of the American way as Mom, apple pie, and the flag. At least two of those items ...

From MARK FEENEY, Boston Globe,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lowell Bergman,  Timothy F. Geithner,  Christopher Dodd,  Richard Shelby,  New York Times Company

Many images show a singular approach

It’s a pretty funny joke. Harry Callahan must have the most recognized name of any photographer in history - except it’s not because of his photography. It’s because he shares the name with Clint Eastwood’s most famous character. Yet “Dirty Harry’’ is ...

From MARK FEENEY, Boston Globe,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harry Callahan,  Clint Eastwood

Hairline fracture

There were three of us in the car: Alex, Wesley, and me. A colleague had just announced he was leaving journalism. This became the chief topic of conversation. Being journalists, which means inveterate complainers, we had no problem finding fault. ...

From MARK FEENEY, Boston Globe,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Germaine Greer,  Roger Daltrey,  Mick Jagger,  Peter Frampton,  Michael Palin

When the wall came down

When the Berlin Wall fell it was as if a John le Carré novel had suddenly been turned inside out and staged as a giant party. One could almost imagine Smiley actually smiling. Watched worldwide, the party took place at what had been the starkest flash ...

From MARK FEENEY, Boston Globe,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tom Brokaw

A focus on cinematographer

The name “movies’’ is misleading. Before they are anything else, movies are appearance, not motion. That being the case, few people alive have so fundamentally affected the movies - have so influenced their appearance - as the cinematographer Gordon ...

From MARK FEENEY, Boston Globe,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lauren Bacall,  Roger Corman,  Sony,  Jack Nicholson,  Peter Bogdanovich

The biggest bang

Roland Emmerich is a man who seeks closure. Big time. The director who blew up the White House in “Independence Day’’ - and unleashed a new Ice Age in “The Day After Tomorrow’’ - goes for the gold, apocalypse-wise, in “2012.’’ It opens Friday. More ...

From MARK FEENEY, Boston Globe,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Roland Emmerich,  White House,  John Cusack,  Amanda Peet,  Lou Dobbs

High contrast, from a perfectionist

MANCHESTER, N. H. - “Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow’’ is a title with two meanings. The first meaning refers to family and reputation. Brett Weston (1911-93) was the son of Edward Weston, one of the great photographers of the 20th century. The younger ...

From MARK FEENEY, Boston Globe,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Edward Weston,  Robert Mapplethorpe,  Robert Motherwell,  Bill Brandt,  Ford Motor Company

Dualities inspire Lebanon images

Dualism, which has informed Rania Matar’s life, also defines her work. Born and raised in Lebanon, Matar has long lived in the United States (she studied at the New England School of Photography and the Maine Photographic Workshops). The interplay of ...

From MARK FEENEY, Boston Globe,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: American University

American Casino

The first name of a famous director named “Michael’’ comes to mind during the opening of “American Casino,’’ a documentary about the causes and consequences of last fall’s financial meltdown. But it’s Michael Mann, not Michael Moore. That’s how sleek ...

From MARK FEENEY, Boston Globe,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Mann,  Michael Moore,  Bruce Springsteen,  Woody Guthrie,  Alan Greenspan

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