Politics
AMERICA IS IN DECLINE: SIGNS, CAUSES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL POLITICS
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Big Heat, #49
October 18, 2024Bannion is a tough-talking homicide detective investigating the suicide of another cop. He questions the dead...
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Biography
Charlie Chan: A Hero of Sorts
October 17, 2024An ethnic image is tricky, full of half-truths and snapshot attributes. In the Chan mysteries, there...
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Movies & TV
Movie Review: Anna Karenina
October 17, 2024The hard truth, impossible to dodge, is that this is not Tolstoy’s world. It is more...
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Blog-Dance
Diablo Ballet’s Newest Member and Comeback Kid, Aaron Orza
October 17, 2024I would say that compared to the what the women face, competition is not so ruthless...
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Art
Art Review: Picasso Black and White
October 17, 2024The Guggenheim Museum in New York City is the perfect venue for hosting great chronological exhibitions...
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Movies
‘Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection’ Review
October 16, 2024Though Tarantino has said he plans to retire from filmmaking after his tenth film, there will...
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Movies & TV
The Mob Doctor Recap: ‘Game Changers’ (Season 1, Episode 8)
October 16, 2024Someone somewhere must have (or have had) faith in The Mob Doctor’s future. This week, the...
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Thrillers
The Walking Dead Recap: “When the Dead Come Knocking” (Season 3, Episode 7)
October 16, 2024It seems that while The Walking Dead suffered in the wake of Frank Darabont’s unceremonious departure...
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Movies & TV
Revolution Recap: Nobody’s Fault But Mine (Season 1, Episode 10)
October 16, 2024A recap/review of Revolution- Nobody's Fault But Mine (Season 1, Episode 10)
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Television
The Office Recap: The Target (Season 9, Episode 8)
October 15, 2024A recap/review of The Office- The Target (Season 9, Episode 8)
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Get Carter, #48
October 15, 2024After launching his career with star turns in Alfie, The Ipcress File and Funeral in Berlin,...
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Movies & TV
The Walking Dead Recap: “Made to Suffer” (Season 3, Episode 8)
October 15, 2024Last night’s midseason finale of The Walking Dead brought yet more new faces, pitted brother against...
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Movies & TV
The Mob Doctor Recap: ‘Fluid Dynamics’ (Season 1, Episode 9)
October 15, 2024I wish more people had been receptive to what, for me, makes the show appealing –...
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Movies
Movie Review: Killing Them Softly
October 14, 2024Killing Them Softly has all the right elements for a blistering satire, or merely a solid,...
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Movies & TV
The Office Recap: Dwight Christmas (Season 9, Episode 9)
October 14, 2024A recap/review of The Office's Dwight Christmas (Season 9, Episode 9), and a look at the...
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Movies
Movie Review: Hyde Park on Hudson
October 14, 2024Director Roger Michell is obviously in love with the story and the characters, but it is...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Dinner Rush, #47
October 14, 2024But no movie in the genre portrays food as lovingly as Dinner Rush, a story about...
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Art & Design
Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012): Some Brazilian Contexts
October 14, 2024The city of Brasília may have been an isolated phenomenon, rising on its remote and featureless...
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Theatre
Theatre Review: The Good Mother
October 13, 2024Angus maintains that everything went okay, but Larissa notices something odd in her daughter’s behavior. She...
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Movies & TV
Suits Recap: ‘He’s Back’ (Season 2, Episode 14)
September 24, 2024Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres) was under professional and personal threat in Suits’ most recent episode, “He’s...
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Movies & TV
Suits Recap: ‘Normandy’ (Season 2, Episode 15)
September 22, 2024Harvey realizes that there is evidence that the company accused of discriminating against female employees promoted...
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Movies & TV
Suits Recap: ‘Blood in the Water’ (Season 2, Episode 12)
September 30, 2024The great fun of the episode was again watching the family-like relationship between our characters. The...
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Movies & TV
Suits Recap: ‘Zane vs. Zane’ (Season 2, Episode 13)
September 26, 2024Rachel, who became the central focus of the most recent episode of Suits, has made many...
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Movies & TV
The Office Recap: ‘Customer Loyalty’ (Season 9, Episode 12)
September 30, 2024The episode itself was fine and comprised of several small storylines, all of which worked. The...
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Movies & TV
The Office Recap: ‘Moving On’ (Season 9, Episodes 16)
September 22, 2024If [Pam] chooses the home of Dunder Mifflin, it will appear like settling and provide a...
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Movies & TV
The Office Recap: ‘Couples Discount’ (Season 9, Episodes 15)
September 25, 2024After they elevated Andy to the star, the show and the character suffered tremendously. His unlikeable...
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Art & Design
Art Review: Drawing Surrealism, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York City
September 26, 2024Serious or concerted intellectual effort had no part in the process of creating Surrealist art –...
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Television
The Office Recap: The Target (Season 9, Episode 8)
October 15, 2024A recap/review of The Office- The Target (Season 9, Episode 8)
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Movies & TV
The Office Recap: ‘Lice’ (Season 9, Episode 10)
October 5, 2024As the title “Lice” suggests, the office must contend with lice. Pam’s daughter Cece had lice,...