Movies
The Big Easy: Great movies and TV set in New Orleans
May 14, 2025Music is the heart and soul of New Orleans: Wendell Pierce in a publicity shot for...
Movies
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 4-13-10
May 14, 2025This week’s “That’s Barely A Movie!” award goes to Oh My God, a documentary dedicated to...
Movies & TV
Movie Review: The Runaways
May 14, 2025“It’s not about women’s lib, kitties, it’s about women’s libido!” manager Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) screams...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Antiheroes!
May 14, 2025Aaron Johnson as Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass This week’s most anticipated release is Kick-Ass, directed by Matthew Vaughn...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen by Jimmy McDonough
May 14, 2025In the Nashville of the 1960s, songs were typically recorded in an hour or less and...
Art
Where’s the Love? Robert Indiana Sued by Former Business Partner
May 14, 2025With the possible exception of Milton Glaser's I love New York, no single piece of typography...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Worst. Dates. Ever.
May 13, 2025From Travis Bickle’s unfortunate taste in movies in Taxi Driver, to history’s second most ill-fated prom...
Design
A Match Made in Heaven: Jeff Koons’ BMW Art Car
May 13, 2025Jeff Koons: design sketch for the 17th BMW Art Car 2010 © Jeff Koons, Image Source:...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Autobiography of an Execution by David R. Dow
May 13, 2025There are cases in which even though relatives of the victims have argued against death for...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Jesus: A Biography from a Believer by Paul Johnson
May 13, 2025Jesus of Nazareth started to preach and heal the sick when he “was beginning about the...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth by Charles Beauclerk
May 12, 2025I would have thought Shakespeare in Love might have advanced our understanding of the authorship debate,...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Kaboom by Matt Gallagher
May 12, 2025Gallagher has a lot of conversations with his platoon’s interpreter (“tarp”), a man his men call...
Movies
Spoiler Sensitivity: What’s the deal?
May 11, 2025Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil: replace “evil” with “spoilers” and you’ve got...
Movies
Why Clash of the Titans might be “The Worst Movie Ever Made”
May 11, 2025Is Clash of the Titans one of the worst movies ever made? William Bibbiani makes an...
Art
The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700
May 11, 2025Saint Serapion (1628) by Francisco de Zurbarán A new show at the National Gallery of Art...
Movies
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 4-6-10
May 11, 2025For all the money thrown at Wolfgang Peterson’s remake of The Poseidon Adventure, I find myself...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: SPOILER ALERT
May 11, 2025In honor of April Fool’s Day, The Weekly Listicle issues a SPOILER WARNING as we describe...
Movies
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-30-10
May 11, 2025Hot on the heels – or shall we say paws – of Alvin & The Chipmunks...
Movies
Movie Review: Clash of the Titans
May 10, 2025Some films were meant to be viewed in three dimensions, but this one wasn’t. Clash of...
Movies
Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine
May 10, 2025A hot tub repairman cum “mystical time traveling guy” (Chevy Chase) warns the men that “the...
The Fourth Wall
Happy Birthday, NC-17!
May 9, 2025The basics of the MPAA’s rating system (from here). Oh, NC-17. You’re like that friend who’s...
Movies
Why Clash of the Titans might be “The Worst Movie Ever Made”
May 11, 2025Is Clash of the Titans one of the worst movies ever made? William Bibbiani makes an...
The Fourth Wall
The Great Music Videos #2: “Thriller” (dir. John Landis)
May 9, 2025Jackson as a zombie in “Thriller” William Bibbiani noted in the Great Music Videos #1 post...
Art & Design
Tim Burton at MoMA
April 17, 2025Predictably, Tim Burton is already a wildly popular show. As throngs of families, film buffs and...
The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: William and Julia’s Revised Best/Worst Lists of 2009!
May 4, 2025This week in honor of the Academy Awards – traditionally the last opportunity to discuss the...
Art
Iran’s Cultural Heritage Under Threat
May 8, 2025In addition to depriving Iranians of their cultural property, a decision to turn over the artifacts...
Movies
Corey Haim Found Dead of Accidental Overdose
May 4, 2025Corey Haim, one of the ’80s brightest teen stars, was found dead aged 38 of an...
Movies
The Big Easy: Great movies and TV set in New Orleans
May 14, 2025Music is the heart and soul of New Orleans: Wendell Pierce in a publicity shot for...
Art
Art Review: Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris at the Philadelphia Museum Of Art
April 30, 2025If Salon Cubism pleased nobody in 1912, the recreation of the gallery from the Salon d'Automne...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth by Charles Beauclerk
May 12, 2025I would have thought Shakespeare in Love might have advanced our understanding of the authorship debate,...