Two Films And A Book Or Two

Boy Reading An Adventure Story     Norman Rockwell, 1923

There is some worthy arts commentary in the blogosphere this week. William Katz, our Hollywood insider with a CIA background, has some kind words for the film, Zero Dark Thirty, but for more than the news it's a good film. John V. Fleming, the Louis W. Fairchild Professor of Literature emeritus at Princeton University, tells us why he believes the latest Les Miserables on film has such appeal. And Scott Johnson, our cultural beacon at Power Line, provides some commentary on Bill Steigerwald's book that retraces John Steinbeck's Travels With Charley: In Search of America. Steigerwald found there was plenty of fiction and "dishonesty" in Steinbeck's travelogue, but all was not lost. Enjoy.