Archive: Mini-Reviews

A brief report from Atlasphere member Don Hauptman on the seminar on Rand and architecture last night at the Museum of the City of New York: Rand biographer Anne Heller discussed Rand’s early life, her fascination ... »More

Detractors of Atlas Shrugged would never be pleased with any faithful adaptation of the novel, and so this movie's primary audience is those who enjoyed the novel, are generally sympathetic to Ayn Rand's ideas, or ... »More

Atlas Shrugged movie co-blogger Hans Schantz and I were offered tickets to the pre-release screening in Los Angeles yesterday. I was unable to attend, but Hans was there and he has posted his initial reactions ... »More

The wonderful new Spanish movie Agora, recommended so highly in Don Hauptman's review for the Atlasphere earlier this year, is now available on DVD from Amazon.com. The dialogue is in English, by the way -- so ... »More

From Don Hauptman: Iâ??m not writing a formal review of Ayn Randâ??s Ideal, in part because the limited run ends soon, but several people asked me for my comments. The cast and crew, not Objectivists but ... »More

For some reason, today Amazon is offering the entire first season of Firefly for $17.99. If you're not familiar with Joss Whedon's Firefly yet, well, get with the program. I've heard certain Ayn Rand fans call it ... »More

This is terrific! I have (and love) We the Living's album Heights of the Heavens -- which gets a strong 4 out of 5 stars, in my book -- and would enjoy seeing them record more ... »More

Dan's Hamptons just published a great review of Walter Donway's new Rand-inspired poetry collection Touched by Its Rays: If sitting under a large, leafy tree with a cool drink close by and a book of poetry ... »More

Regular readers of the Ayn Rand Meta-Blog may remember a singer named John Paul Roney, about whom I've blogged before. Roney and his sister, Sarah Saturday, are huge fans of Atlas Shrugged. (In fact, we ... »More

Bob Hessen forwards the following, from a friend in NYC: If you haven't already watched the first two back-to-back episodes of "John Adams" on HBO, you must. It's gripping drama. It is being shown repeatedly, all ... »More