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John Huston

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Was Stanley Ann Dunham, the President's Mother, Named for Bette Davis Character?

    History has now recorded a second version of how Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, got her first name. Though Dunham told her Mercer Island High School classmates and others it was because her father Stanley Dunham wanted a boy, a relative says it was actually because her mother was such a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 28, 2011

    The African Queen

    History has now recorded a second version of how Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, got her first name. Though Dunham told her Mercer Island High School classmates and others it was because her father Stanley Dunham wanted a boy, a relative says it was actually because her mother was such a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2011

    The African Queen

    History has now recorded a second version of how Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, got her first name. Though Dunham told her Mercer Island High School classmates and others it was because her father Stanley Dunham wanted a boy, a relative says it was actually because her mother was such a ... More >>

  • Arts

    August 4, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

    History has now recorded a second version of how Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, got her first name. Though Dunham told her Mercer Island High School classmates and others it was because her father Stanley Dunham wanted a boy, a relative says it was actually because her mother was such a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    The African Queen

    History has now recorded a second version of how Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, got her first name. Though Dunham told her Mercer Island High School classmates and others it was because her father Stanley Dunham wanted a boy, a relative says it was actually because her mother was such a ... More >>

  • News

    March 5, 2008
  • Film

    January 2, 2008
  • Arts

    December 6, 2006
  • Arts

    July 26, 2006

    She Was Something

    When stars needed no lipo, no Botox, and no personal trainer.

  • Film

    June 21, 2006

    Running Scared and the Tennessee Williams Collection

    Paul Walker: surprisingly okay. Carroll Baker in Baby Doll: a revelation.

  • Film

    February 1, 2006

    Rough Justice

    A killer pays his debt, and then some, in this harsh border morality tale.

  • Arts

    April 13, 2005

    Chinatown

    Also: Patricia Hagen, Electric Six, Africa in America Festival, and William T. Vollmann.

  • Arts

    July 14, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    Also: Patricia Hagen, Electric Six, Africa in America Festival, and William T. Vollmann.

  • Arts

    June 30, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    David Bezmozgis, Erin McGraw, and Ben Macintyre.

  • Film

    April 2, 2003

    Jackass: The Movie

    David Bezmozgis, Erin McGraw, and Ben Macintyre.

  • Film

    December 11, 2002

    Lilo & Stitch

    David Bezmozgis, Erin McGraw, and Ben Macintyre.

  • Film

    May 15, 2002

    SIFF 2002 Films: A-J

    David Bezmozgis, Erin McGraw, and Ben Macintyre.

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    Carnage and celluloid

    Where propaganda, pacifism, and popcorn collide.

  • Film

    May 30, 2001

    Enchanted medley

    Building a sanctuary in art, song by song.

  • Film

    July 21, 1999

    When noir was noir

    Turner Classic Movies brings back the real McCoy.

  • Film

    June 9, 1999

    SIFF Diary

    Turner Classic Movies brings back the real McCoy.

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