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100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather, #1
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Movie Time Nostalga, Part 3: Raising the Stakes with Raising Arizona
October 16, 2026My appreciation of Raising Arizona is as much sentimental as aesthetic. But don't be fooled. It...
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In Defense of The Social Network: Movie demonizes sexism, doesn’t glamorize it.
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Movie Review: Secretariat
October 15, 2026It’s a cheery film, brought to life with pomp and circumstance by Randall Wallace in what...
Video Games
Video Game Review: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
October 15, 2026The game just keeps going and going, yet it never feels padded or in need of...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
October 15, 2026Nevertheless, it is a considerable shock to read indictments of Washington in the letters of Patriot...
Television
The Weekly Listicle: Stepchildren Of The Horror Masters
October 15, 2026Today we take a different look at the master horror directors. Each of these moviemakers has...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
October 14, 2026Bernard Cornwell, who has written a masterful novel about Agincourt, tackles the American Revolution and its...
Video Games
Video Game Review: Dead Rising 2
October 14, 2026Any great zombie story has something on its mind other than the now mundane “trial of...
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: Let Me In
October 14, 2026As Owen discovers the startling and horrible truth about his neighbors, he and Abby develop a...
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Catching Up With 2010: Harry Brown
October 13, 2026Pete Townsend once wrote “I hope I die before I get old,” but it’s important to...
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Movie Review: The Social Network
October 13, 2026He brings up his 1600 SAT score, his obsession with Harvard’s final clubs, betrays his jealousy...
Art
Movie Time Nostalgia, Part 2: North By Northwest Revisited
October 13, 2026I got myself a videotape of Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest at a young age, and...
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The Weekly Listicle Covers The Best Movie Cover Songs!
October 13, 2026There may be an Academy Award for “Best Original Song,” but where’s the love for all...
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The Weekly Listicle: Biopics about people we love to hate!
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Theatre
Theatre Review: Blood and Gifts at the National Theatre, London
October 12, 2026Pop music functions as a metonym for the cultural appropriations and misunderstandings which occur onstage. Is...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
October 12, 2026To label How to Live Safely as a human comedy is a bit of a stretch...
Mystery
The Weekly Listicle: Claustro-MANIA!
October 12, 2026Take some deep breaths, movie fans – we’re going in. This weekend’s new shocker, Devil, appears...
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Movie Review: The Town
October 11, 2026The movie is a suspenseful heist-romance with complex characters, brilliant action, and masterful performances. Affleck plays...
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Movie Review: Devil
October 11, 2026But instead of leaving the audience to enjoy the slow build of supernatural terror, the director...
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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
Catching Up With 2010: Percy Jackson The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
September 25, 2026For many years now Chris Columbus and I have had an understanding: He can suck as...
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...
Art
Art Review: Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers at the Hirshhorn, Washington, DC
September 18, 2026In one of Klein’s, racier projects, the Anthropometry series, the artist dressed to the nines and...
Music
Art Review: Kurt, at the Seattle Art Museum, Explores Kurt Cobain’s Influence on Contemporary Artists
September 17, 2026Nearby, Jeffry Mitchell’s portrait as Kurt is arguably the hidden gem of the exhibit. Self-Portrait as...
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
Larry Rivers, NYU, and Child Pornography
September 27, 2026How should we respond, however, when sexual abuse is the subject of a piece and a...
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...
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Mad (wo)Men: The Complexity of Womanhood in “Mad Men”
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