English professor; pro-Palestinian activist with the great Canadians for Justice & Peace in the Middle East (www.cjpme.ca); writer; vegetarian; fan of puppies, Turkey, Turkish men, Kurosawa, Kubrick, Martin Amis, early Hitchens (it’s imporant to differentiate); Norman Finkelstein; Chomsky; Coppola; love film because it makes me slow down, see things at a different speed; Pressberger and Powell; Gene Kelly; believe Brando was a revolutionary force in American film, nothing was the same afterwards; am developing a taste for noir; have qualified admiration for Godard, but think he too often disappears several miles up his own ass. But don’t we all. On that note….