“I doubt there is any such thing as an antiwar film,” veteran movie critic David Thomson writes in his new survey of war movies, “The Fatal Alliance.” “In the dark, whatever the official motive or the ...

Thomson (The Dragon's Son) sets her suspenseful novel in 1592 during the height of religious persecution under Queen Elizabeth. After Rosalind and Robin Archer's wealthy merchant father is arrested ...

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Good critics have the ability to compel you, even toward artists you are not particularly interested in. They can also make you reconsider your own opinions. David Thomson is best known as the author ...