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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...
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...
Thrillers
The Weekly Listicle: Claustro-MANIA!
October 12, 2026Take some deep breaths, movie fans – we’re going in. This weekend’s new shocker, Devil, appears...
Movies & TV
Movie Review: The Town
October 11, 2026The movie is a suspenseful heist-romance with complex characters, brilliant action, and masterful performances. Affleck plays...
Movies
Movie Review: Devil
October 11, 2026But instead of leaving the audience to enjoy the slow build of supernatural terror, the director...
The Fourth Wall
Mad (wo)Men: The Complexity of Womanhood in “Mad Men”
October 11, 2026The cast of AMC’s “Mad Men:” Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, January Jones,...
Video Games
Video Game Review: Halo: Reach
October 11, 2026It’s time to say goodbye to the Halo franchise because, if nothing else, Halo: Reach proves...
Movies
Movie Time Nostalgia, Part 1: I Remember Sleeping Beauty
October 10, 2026In this article, and several to follow, I hope to stir up your fondest movie-watching nostalgia,...
Movies
Movie Review: Resident Evil: Afterlife
October 10, 2026Resident Evil: Afterlife is releasing in 3D, and in this movie 3D works. Everything from throwing...
The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: Franchises that REALLY should have quit while they were ahead!
October 10, 2026First, there was the Resident Evil video game. The people were satisfied with their zombie killing...
Art & Design
Art Review: Charles Deas and 1840s America at the Denver Art Museum
October 10, 2026Viewed in context with Deas’s other works, Prairie on Fire brings together a number of themes...
Games
Video Game Review: Metroid: Other M
October 10, 2026No matter how much you might want to love the game out of nostalgia or give...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Elephant’s Journey by Jose Saramago
October 9, 2026Saramago’s ability to wring delightful dialogue out of his characters will charm just about anybody. The...
Mystery
Hammer to Fall? Not This Year, Horror Show Fans!
October 9, 2026After years of silence, Hammer Film is returning to active production in a big way this...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America by Erika Lee and Judy Yung
October 9, 2026For those who fell in the “only” 7 percent category, the decision to deport them was...
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
Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, the Horror and Beauty of Ballet
October 8, 2026Portman has never looked quite so spooky: the Black Swan poster. Once upon a time, I...
Movies
Movie Review: Machete
October 8, 2026Not that Machete ever feels like an Oliver Stone film, but it’s a pleasant surprise to...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Oscar Buzz 2011 Unleashed!!!
October 8, 2026Well, here we are… 3/4’s of the way through the year and the Academy Award nominees...
Movies
Movie Review: Going the Distance
October 8, 2026After that, things take a turn for the much worse when Erin and Garrett continue their...
The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: What… The Devil?
October 7, 2026A fascination with the supernatural, and particularly its dark side, dates back to the earliest days...
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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...
Writers
Bret Easton Ellis: Film requires the male gaze, female directors need not apply
September 15, 2026Movieline printed an interview with author Bret Easton Ellis, whose most famous work is probably American...
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...
Art
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
The Life and Work of Eadweard Muybridge
September 13, 2026Muybridge had married his young assistant, in 1871. After a while, he began to suspect that...
Movies
Movie Review: Step Up 3D
October 3, 2026Step Up 3D is a good movie. Not an instant classic, but a genuine celebration of...
The Fourth Wall
Mad (wo)Men: The Complexity of Womanhood in “Mad Men”
October 11, 2026The cast of AMC’s “Mad Men:” Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, January Jones,...
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