Sent to us by an, er, anonymous movie enthusiast: Last night I saw the new SF film A Scanner Darkly. I thought it was totally incomprehensible and awful and was tempted to demand a refund. In ... »More

The Summer 2006 issue of The Objective Standard is out, and is now available on their web site. I've not read the issue, but the premise behind Dianne Durante's article on "Getting More Enjoyment from ... »More

Leading talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh recently endorsed, on the air, Henry Mark Holzer's new book, The Keeper of the Flame: The Supreme Court Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas. Holzer was Ayn Rand's lawyer in the 1960s, and ... »More

The Variety article that has sparked so much discussion about an Atlas Shrugged movie also provided this update on the prospects of a new Fountainhead movie: Oliver Stone was attached to direct a remake of "Fountainhead" ... »More

More than a few fans of Ayn Rand's novels are also fans of Joss Whedon's ill-fated Firefly television series. For background, see Monica White's review of Firefly and Jeff Perren's review of Serenity, and our ... »More

Alida Valli, the exquisitesly beautiful actress who played Kira in the Italian screen adaptation of Ayn Rand's We The Living, died Saturday in Rome. You can learn more about this movie version of Rand's novel in ... »More

Blogger Glenn Reynolds has made a theme out of cataloging the instances since 9-11 when ordinary Americans have taken their safety into their own hands -- acting, in effect, as "a pack not a herd." I ... »More

Based upon the preview, United 93 looks like it will be an extremely good movie. The movie was made by Paul Greengrass, the director of The Bourne Supremacy -- which was also quite good. From an interview ... »More

Diana Hsieh points us to Atlasphere member Eric Barnhill's new music improvisation blog. Diana's right -- Eric's playing is just terrific. His improvisational pieces sound more interesting and varied and melodic than many songwriters' carefully composed ... »More

My copy of Glenn Reynolds's new book An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliaths arrived in the mail a few days ago. ... »More