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100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather, #1
December 20, 2025The Godfather made careers, most notably those of Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino, despite the...
The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: The Best of Christmas on Television
October 30, 2026“A very merry Christmas, and a happy New Year, let’s hope it’s a good one, without...
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Brilliant Character Actor Pete Postlethwaite Dead at 64
October 29, 2026Rest in peace, sir. You may have known him as “that guy,” or “Kobayashi,” or “Father...
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Movie Review: True Grit
October 29, 2026Offered her choice of disciplined and fair-minded bounty hunters to help her find the killer, she...
Humor
The Weekly Listicle: Parties For A New Year
October 29, 2026In the spirit of celebration, we take a moment to remember some of our favorite movie...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Critics’ Picks: Best Books of 2010
October 29, 2026Our annual selection of noteworthy books.
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Brighton Rock Rises Again. Graham Greene Abides.
October 29, 2026Acclaimed screenwriter Rowan Joffé will try his hand at the directing game next year. For his...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
October 28, 2026Whatever her faults, you can’t criticise Patricia Cornwell for sticking in a rut. Port Mortuary, her...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: The 10 Best Videogame Movies AREN’T Based On Videogames
October 28, 2026So where exactly are the good videogame movies? They’re everywhere, if you know where to look....
Movies
Movie Review: How Do You Know
October 28, 2026Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd do not always make great movies, but when given the chance...
Performing Arts
Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker
October 28, 2026For sheer production values, though, the San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker remains at the top of the...
Movies
Movie Review: TRON: Legacy
October 27, 2026Disney’s sequel is an immense, vividly hued carnival for the eyes. What it lacks in smart...
The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: Winter flicks to make you shiver!
October 27, 2026People watch movies for all kinds of reasons. We watch them to laugh, to jump, to...
Architecture
Farewell to the Future: Iconic “Sleeper” House is Foreclosed On
October 27, 2026By 1973, the “technological faith, confidence, and competence” Hines sees embodied in the modernism of the...
Movies
Movie Review: The Tourist
October 27, 2026The Tourist is the kind of cinematic perfection that doesn’t get lauded too often. It’s too...
Crime Fiction
A Watchful Eye On… Sherlock Holmes
October 26, 2026Sherlock Holmes as a strict Victorian period piece is over and done with, but the character...
Performing Arts
Tom Russell: American Primitive Man
October 26, 2026Every Tom Russell song has something to say about the human heart. In each voice he...
Movies
Movie Review: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
October 26, 2026Narnia is a world in which children’s voices are heard, in which the young acquire agency...
Performing Arts
Dance Review: Alvin Ailey Offers Anointed, The Hunt, Cry and Revelations
October 26, 2026Luckily, Robert Battle needs no anointing. His choreography speaks for itself. In the company premiere of...
Video Games
Video Game Review: Disney’s Epic Mickey
October 25, 2026In a delightful introduction, Mickey sneaks into the magical hobbyshop of the wizard from Fantasia, Yen...
The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: Misleading Movie Titles
October 25, 2026Sometimes a movie's title appears to be a secret known only to the writer. Sometimes it...
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Movies & TV
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather, #1
December 20, 2025The Godfather made careers, most notably those of Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino, despite the...
Movies
In Defense of The Social Network: Movie demonizes sexism, doesn’t glamorize it.
October 16, 2026Fiction vs. reality: Eisenberg and Zuckerberg. First things first: I’m in the business of paying close...
Architecture
Farewell to the Future: Iconic “Sleeper” House is Foreclosed On
October 27, 2026By 1973, the “technological faith, confidence, and competence” Hines sees embodied in the modernism of the...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
October 18, 2026Pasternak ranges the individualism of Zhivago against the heartless society that is being erected by the...
Movies
Catching Up With 2010: Marmaduke
October 9, 2026A scant few minutes into Marmaduke there’s a fart joke. Right after this fart joke Marmaduke...
Movies
All Of This Will Happen Again: Step Up 2 The Streets Revisited!
October 5, 2026Earlier this week we took a look at the first Step Up, the hit machine that...
Art
Art Review: Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy and Germany, 1918-1936
October 14, 2026Chaos and Classicism tells the story of good intentions that went terribly wrong. After the carnage...
Movies
Movie Review: Step Up 3D
October 3, 2026Step Up 3D is a good movie. Not an instant classic, but a genuine celebration of...
Video Games
Video Game Review: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
October 22, 2026Oddly enough, it’s this great multiplayer mode that most throws the rest of the game into...
Performing Arts
Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker
October 28, 2026For sheer production values, though, the San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker remains at the top of the...
The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: Misleading Movie Titles
October 25, 2026Sometimes a movie's title appears to be a secret known only to the writer. Sometimes it...
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