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AMERICA IS IN DECLINE: SIGNS, CAUSES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL POLITICS
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The Big Easy: Great movies and TV set in New Orleans
September 7, 2026Music is the heart and soul of New Orleans: Wendell Pierce in a publicity shot for...
Movies
When Film Critics Lose a Bet, Part 2: Tommy Wiseau’s The Room!
September 7, 2026My clearest thought while watching The Room was that the film plays like a screenplay Neil...
Movies
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 4-13-10
September 7, 2026This week’s “That’s Barely A Movie!” award goes to Oh My God, a documentary dedicated to...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Antiheroes!
September 7, 2026Aaron Johnson as Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass This week’s most anticipated release is Kick-Ass, directed by Matthew Vaughn...
Movies
Movie Review: The Runaways
September 6, 2026“It’s not about women’s lib, kitties, it’s about women’s libido!” manager Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) screams...
Art
Where’s the Love? Robert Indiana Sued by Former Business Partner
September 6, 2026With the possible exception of Milton Glaser's I love New York, no single piece of typography...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen by Jimmy McDonough
September 6, 2026In the Nashville of the 1960s, songs were typically recorded in an hour or less and...
Art
A Match Made in Heaven: Jeff Koons’ BMW Art Car
September 6, 2026Jeff Koons: design sketch for the 17th BMW Art Car 2010 © Jeff Koons, Image Source:...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Worst. Dates. Ever.
September 5, 2026From Travis Bickle’s unfortunate taste in movies in Taxi Driver, to history’s second most ill-fated prom...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Jesus: A Biography from a Believer by Paul Johnson
September 5, 2026Jesus of Nazareth started to preach and heal the sick when he “was beginning about the...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Autobiography of an Execution by David R. Dow
September 5, 2026There are cases in which even though relatives of the victims have argued against death for...
Movies
Spoiler Sensitivity: What’s the deal?
September 5, 2026Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil: replace “evil” with “spoilers” and you’ve got...
Theatre
Book Review: Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth by Charles Beauclerk
September 4, 2026I would have thought Shakespeare in Love might have advanced our understanding of the authorship debate,...
History
Book Review: Kaboom by Matt Gallagher
September 4, 2026Gallagher has a lot of conversations with his platoon’s interpreter (“tarp”), a man his men call...
Art
The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700
September 4, 2026Saint Serapion (1628) by Francisco de Zurbarán A new show at the National Gallery of Art...
Movies
Why Clash of the Titans might be “The Worst Movie Ever Made”
September 4, 2026Is Clash of the Titans one of the worst movies ever made? William Bibbiani makes an...
Movies
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 4-6-10
September 4, 2026For all the money thrown at Wolfgang Peterson’s remake of The Poseidon Adventure, I find myself...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: SPOILER ALERT
September 3, 2026In honor of April Fool’s Day, The Weekly Listicle issues a SPOILER WARNING as we describe...
Movies
Movie Review: Clash of the Titans
September 3, 2026Some films were meant to be viewed in three dimensions, but this one wasn’t. Clash of...
The Fourth Wall
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-30-10
September 3, 2026Hot on the heels – or shall we say paws – of Alvin & The Chipmunks...
Movies
Happy Birthday, NC-17!
September 1, 2026The 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”
September 4, 2026Is Clash of the Titans one of the worst movies ever made? William Bibbiani makes an...
Movies
The Great Music Videos #2: “Thriller” (dir. John Landis)
August 31, 2026Jackson as a zombie in “Thriller” William Bibbiani noted in the Great Music Videos #1 post...
Architecture
Paul Bril’s Restored Paintings in the San Silvestro Chapel at Rome’s Sancta Sanctorum
August 10, 2026Born in Antwerp in 1554, Bril was working in Italy at the end of the century,...
Art & Design
Tim Burton at MoMA
August 11, 2026Predictably, Tim Burton is already a wildly popular show. As throngs of families, film buffs and...
Art
Iran’s Cultural Heritage Under Threat
August 31, 2026In addition to depriving Iranians of their cultural property, a decision to turn over the artifacts...
Movies & TV
Movie Review: The Lovely Bones
August 16, 2026The novel opens with a striking, abrupt proclamation: “My name is Salmon, like the fish; first...
Movies
The Big Easy: Great movies and TV set in New Orleans
September 7, 2026Music is the heart and soul of New Orleans: Wendell Pierce in a publicity shot for...
The Fourth Wall
Corey Haim Found Dead of Accidental Overdose
August 26, 2026Corey Haim, one of the ’80s brightest teen stars, was found dead aged 38 of an...
The Fourth Wall
What happened to teen movies?!
August 28, 2026“On Wednesdays we wear pink!” (Mean Girls: a frightfully accurate portrayal of peer pressure and conformity.)...
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