GABLER'S BARBARA STREISAND

'Like the novels of Henry James, the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer and the  Times  crossword puzzle, the modern diva thrives on diff...

Quentin Tarantino Top Ten

As is my tradition when starting a new book on a filmmaker, my list of Tarantino movies, ranked (to see if there are any changes once I'...

INTERVIEW : ANNE TYLER

'Nearly all of her books are set in Baltimore, concern large families, marking time with the usual watersheds of family life — courtship...

Trump and the art of the braggart

'Trump’s MO is much the same as Clay’s: constant declamation of his own worth ( “I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever cr...

INTERVIEW: KATE BECKINSALE

'England can be a little proprietorial about its actresses. Reading between the lines of the stellar reviews ( “the most entertaining p...

The death of the big screen

“That's certainly what the movie philosophers are thinking,“ says Lynda Obst veteran producer of Sleepless in Seattle and last year’s  I...

PROFILE: TERRENCE MALICK

'The new Terrence Malick film  Knight of Cups  arrives in cinemas this week. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say “the ongoing Te...