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Presents information about film actor Charles Chaplin and his films. Popularity of Chaplin in the U.S.; Information on his film "City Lights"; Comment on acting skills of Chaplin; Criticism of Chaplin as a director; Report that his productions look cheap, his choices of actors were sometimes shocking poor; Information on the story behind the film "A Woman of Paris"; Report that clowns act in the film "The Circus," are much more in the European circus tradition than American. INSET: Films Worth Seeing..

Focuses on the personal enjoyment of the author and the inability to feel boredom from watching motion pictures. Elemental kinetic aspect of film watching; Criticism of dismal movies; Review of artistic element; Chief reason for never being bored with the idea of film; Difficulties in distribution of films; Comparison of film with other performing arts; Effects of inflation on the motion picture industry in the U.S.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues of "The New Republic." "How Many Unemployed?," which focused on unemployment in U.S. slums; "Political Science," which focused on the research grants provided by the National Science Foundation; Reaction to a review of the book "Lost New York."

Focuses on the state of theatrical criticism in the United States. Works of dramatist David Rabe; Effect of criticism on Rabe's writing; Some instances of overpraised author with the plays that first got big attention; Critical acknowledgment of passable competence; Need for the public to go to the theater to see the manifestation of talent rather that a satisfactory work. INSET: Films Worth Seeing..

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Actions that can be taken to protest the prison sentence imposed by the government of the Soviet Union on authors Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel; Name of the Democratic attorney crusading for consumer interests against private power monopolies in the U.S.; "One Hundred Years Ago," which deals with the U.S. Confederate historiography.

Presents an article about the negative effects of advanced technologies including computers and microfilm on authorship. Implications of the technological improvements for the property rights of authors; Criticisms against the copyright bill submitted in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in 1967; Overview of the proposal.

Offers a look at television broadcasting in the U.S. as of January 1967. Information on the proposals submitted by the Ford Foundation to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to form a network out of educational television stations in the U.S.; Intrinsic elements of show-biz; Advantage of television over print media; Description of television broadcasting in the U.S.

This article presents letters to the editor in response to previous issues of "The New Republic." Articles that received responses include "Crash Course" (Nov 7, 2005), on health care in the U.S., "Medical Error" (Nov. 7), on consumer-driven health plans, "Regulating in the Public Interest," on South African health care, "Actualities and Miracles" (Nov. 7), a review of the film "Ushpizin," and "Brain Trust" (Nov. 14), on the Catholic legal mind.

Reviews a selection of motion pictures produced in the United States. "You Can Count On Me"; "La Buche"; "The Legend of Bagger Vance"; "The Sixth Day".

Presents the author's thoughts on working as a theater critic for `The New York Times' in 1966. The requirements for and responsibilities of his job; Description of where he lived in Brooklyn Heights and his cubicle at 'The Times'; How he became a technological pioneer by asking for an electric typewriter; His opinion of covering opening-night performances; Mention of office politics, with examples of a hero-villain pattern at work; Objection to his practice of reviewing theater from previews.

Shares reminiscences about the author's television series 'The Art of Film,' shown in 1960s in the New York metropolitan area and broadcast at Channel 13, the New York station of what is currently PBS. Format of the show; Interviews done; Relationship with producer Edith Zornow; Feelings about being a celebrity.

Profiles American theatrical producer Joseph Papp. Activities as a producer of black theater; Policy of free admissions; Biographical information; Establishment of a unique relationship with the audience; Openness to new, young theater people; Formulation of the idea of an American National Theater Service Agency.

Comments on the film "Paris, Texas," directed by Wim Wenders. America's impact on postwar European films; Plot of the story; Stars of the film; Strengths and weaknesses of the film; Film credit of Wenders.. INSET: FILMS WORTH SEEING.

Discusses the factors that will the affect the future of American motion pictures. Money used in filmmaking; Intrinsic artistic problems; Lack of a process for the transformation of experience through perception and imagination; Lack of aesthetic vigor in theaters and films. INSET: Films Worth Seeing..

Discusses a selection of motion pictures released in the United States. Analysis of the motion picture on gays titled "Nighthawks," directed by Ron Peck and Paul Hallam; Style of direction used in the motion picture "Woyzeck," directed by Werner Herzog. INSET: Films Worth Seeing..

Comments on issues pertaining to theater in the United States. Author's opinion of the play "The Elephant Man"; Reasons why may Broadway hits fail on screen; Critical success of "Talley's Folly"; 20th anniversary of Lincoln Center; Presentation of a production of "The Tempest," by Liviu Ciulei; Federal, state, and city subsidies given to West German theaters. INSET: Films Worth Seeing..

Examines various motion pictures in the United States. "Jacquot," directed by Agnes Varda, which is about the childhood and youth of Varda's late husband, film director Jacques Demy; Correlations between events in Demy's early years and passages in his films; "Life With Mickey," directed by James Lapine, which is about a former child star of television, Michael J. Fox; Actors and actresses featured in the film "Life With Mickey."

Comments on various motion pictures in the United States. Film, titled "Opening Night", that deals with the production of a play that is trying out in New Haven; Focus of the film on the star of the show, played by Gena Rowlands; Two principal reasons "Opening Night" wobbles; "Truth or Dare," starring Madonna and directed by Alek Keshishian; Conversion between Sandra Bernhard and Madonna near the end of the film.

Discusses the issue of preserving motion picture archives in the U.S. Report that the film archive at the University of California in Los Angeles alone has 25 million feet of nitrate film; Information that the Film Foundation has a group dedicated to American film preservation, which has been formed by eight well-known filmmakers; Problems faced by motion picture industry in terms of preserving films; Reason for the campaign against colorization.

Comments on the points of Nestor Almendros, director of photography, regarding the importance of television (TV) commercials to the film industry as a source of livelihood in the U.S. Argument on the importance of TV spots to the development of film aesthetics; Three interesting examples of techniques Almendros learned from making TV spots; Comments on Almendros' opinion on the spots for the perfume obsession. INSET: FILMS WORTH SEEING. by S. K..

This article focuses on the film "Touch of Evil," with specific reference to the U.S. film actor and director, Orson Welles. Welles's new picture "Touch of Evil," is an exceptionally good thriller, which have been stunningly directed. The story of the film moves back and forth across the Mexican border. This is a gripping film, because it has been directed by Orson Welles, one of the most imaginative film directors alive. The story is not only begun startlingly but in such a way that one knows the director has the instincts of a painter, a musician, and a dramatist.

Presents an interview with Harry Ford, designer of Antheum books in the U.S. Characterization of the overall style and feeling of his designs; Distinguishing mark of his books; General state of U.S. book design as of November 1966.

Presents letters to the editor concerning politics in the U.S. Proposal to nationalize all communication transportation; Taxpayers' payment for satellite communications technology; Idea of making a communications system; Components of satellite communications; Use of conventional electronics; Ultrasensitive satellite transmitter; Bell Laboratories' contribution to telecommunication; Comments on literary exegenesis of Mary McCarthy; Importance and value of teachers in the country;

Focuses on the play "The Gingerbread Lady," by Neil Simon. Similarity of the opening of the play to "Last of the Red Hot Lovers"; Characterization of the actors in the play; Mixed reviews of the play in the "New York Times"; So-called Broadway challenges for playwrights.

Comments on the proliferation of pornography and obscenity in the United States. Recommendation of the Federal Commission on Obscenity and Pornography on the repeal of the federal, state and local legislation prohibiting the sale, exhibition or distribution of sexual materials to consenting adults; Criticism of the recommendation made by the commission and its members; Availability of numerous pornographic films in New York; Consideration of performed pornography as an exercise in the humiliation of women.

Comments on two motion pictures released in the U.S. 'The Molly Maguires,' directed by Martin Ritt; Depiction of the life of coal miners of Pennsylvania in Ritt's film; Depiction of the war in Vietnam in the motion picture "End of the Road," directed by Aram Avakian; Cast and characters.

Focuses on the third series of annual film awards for 1968 constituted by the National Society of Film Critics in the United States. Information on special awards for different categories of motion pictures; Description of the procedure by which these awards were decided; Details of films that won these awards in 1967.

Presents the author's reaction to an invitation to come to the Athens Festival in Greece. Discussion on the films and poems banned by the Greek Director of Cultural Relations; Information that the author's initial reaction to the letter inviting him was sheer anger on account of many reasons; View that boycott of Greece by artists would not liberate that country from its plainly dictatorial government; Question of ethics involved in visiting Greece; Anger at passive acceptance of the situation in Greece by the U.S.

Focuses on changes in style of African-American writers when it comes to writing a fiction. Comment on various phases depicting the changes in the writing style of African-Americans; Insight into the causes of changes in the writing styles; Dialogue used in the many of the writings of African-Americans; Critique on the themes adopted by the writers in their works.

Discusses the attitudes of older people towards the behavior of the young generation in the U.S. as of January 1967. Criticism of the U.S. literary myth regarding the goodness of what is young; Excerpt from remarks made by a young man, published in "Time" magazine, regarding the problems apparently passed by older people on to the youth; Opinion on the decision of older people to accept the generational test of political validity.

Features the theatrical production "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui," directed by Simon McBurney and starring John Goodman, Al Pacino, and Steve Buscemi shown in New York. Description of some of the play's scenes; Comment of the author regarding the actors' performances; Differences between the direction on McBurney and the composition of Brecht for the play.

Recommends several motion pictures in the U.S. in 1984. "And the Ship Sails On;" "Dear Maestro;" "Entre Nous."

Lists motion pictures that are worth watching in the United States. "Guilty As Sin"; "Menace II Society"; "Much Ado About Nothing"; "The Music of Chance."

Presents a list of motion pictures running in several U.S. theaters. Comment on the film "Glengarry Glen Ross"; Information on the film "Simple Man," directed by Hal Hartley; Report that Hartley's third feature confirms that this young American writer-director has his own skewed but illuminating view of what's happening around him; Comment on the film "Van Gogh."

Recommends several motion pictures in the U.S. "Chocolat;" "How to Get Ahead in Advertising," directed by Bruce Robinson; "Lawrence of Arabia."

Recommends several motion pictures in the U.S. "Jeremiah Johnson," starring Robert Redford; "The Ruling Class," starring Peter O'Toole; "Traffic," directed by Jacques Tati.

This article presents information regarding the motion picture "The Hanging Tree" "These Thousand Hills." "The Hanging Tree" has one noteworthy feature, it marks the American film debut of Maria Schell, the currently popular purveyor of Elizabeth Bergner-Luise Rainer winsomeness. Why Miss Schell chose this vehicle is baffling. Its one small effective touch is its first sight of her, after she has been lost in the wild for four days, her face baked and disfigured by the sun. But this is an achievement for the make-up man, not the actress.