Still Alice is like one of those apocalyptic disaster movies, but more painful to watch. Instead of gasping as extraterrestrial invaders decimate global landmarks in a hail of CGI, we watch in tear-stained horror as a human brain attacks itself, first targeting language, as words slip from the consciousness like fish through watery hands, then drilling into deeper areas … [Read more...]
Harrowing tale of life behind bars remarkably even-handed
Wilbert Rideau was 19 when he impulsively decided to rob a bank in Lake Charles, La., so he could flee to a new life on the West Coast. The botched 1961 robbery ended with Rideau taking three hostages. In the ensuing chaos he fatally shot and stabbed a female bank teller. Rideau was black and the victim was white, and a seething mob nearly lynched him. He was quickly convicted … [Read more...]