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Chief Art Critic

Sandra Bertrand

Chief Book Critic

Lee Polevoi

Chief Film Critic

Forrest Hartman

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Beth Kaiserman

Chief Music Critic

Sandra Canosa

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Angelo Franco

Senior Writer

Ulises Duenas

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Manhunt in the New World in Robert Harris’s ‘Act of Oblivion’

by Lee Polevoi

In Act of Oblivion, “real time” overtakes what could have been a more conventional (and time-limited) story of pursuit and capture. Years pass, people age, and some die in obscurity, rather than at the hands of the law. Harris makes readers complicit in this passage of time. We closely follow the desperate efforts by Whalley and Goffe (known more commonly as Ned and Will) to evade capture, while we’re also caught up in Nayler’s obsessive, years-long quest to apprehend them.

‘Medieval’ Tells the Story of a Czech Hero in the Middle Ages

by Ulises Duenas

The lighting and shots of the European countryside help create a creepy and uneasy atmosphere, although at times it does look a little too similar to other works that portray the Middle Ages. It’s an impressive feat for a movie that doesn’t have any supernatural elements and it keeps the slower scenes from feeling boring. One of the more notable shortcomings of Medieval is that none of the actors give breakthrough performances.