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Mad Men Recap: “At the Codfish Ball” (Season 5, Episode 7)
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Five Questions with Oregon Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Christopher Stowell
May 7, 2026We have created a lean, but very powerful group of artists with an incredible work ethic...

Video Games
Video Game Review: Fez
May 7, 2026While not completely original (Paper Mario and Echochrome both used similar mechanics) the concept has never...

Theatre
Broadway Review: Nice Work If You Can Get It
May 7, 2026Broderick gives a generous performance, turning on his patented man-child charm when called upon, but also...

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Community Recap: Course Listing Unavailable (Season 3, Episode 18)
May 6, 2026Are they, in fact, in the darkest time line? Even though things haven’t worked out the...

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The Office Recap: Turf War (Season 8, Episode 23)
May 6, 2026A recap/review of The Office: Turf War (Season 8, Episode 23)

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Sherlock Recap: ‘A Scandal in Belgravia’
May 5, 2026Sherlock sits humming at the intersection between our sulky obsession with the Victorians, our fascination with...

Movies
Trailer Watch: The Expendables 2
May 5, 2026Whatever you felt about the The Expendables, you are meant to feel ten times over about...

Movies
Movie Review: The Avengers
May 5, 2026Not to compare actors to superheroes, but this cast could easily have exploded in our faces;...

Music
Album Review: Rufus Wainwright’s Out of the Game
May 5, 2026Underneath the skin of the music there is the pulse of the long car trip, songs...

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Mad Men Recap: “Lady Lazarus” (Season 5, Episode 8)
May 5, 2026Can you believe we’re already two-thirds through season five? As Pete’s high school crush said a...

Television
House Recap: ‘Post Mortem’ (Season 8, Episode 20)
May 4, 2026So is House achieving emotional balance, just in time to lose his best (only) friend? Is...

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The Killing Recap: Keylela (Season 2, Episode 7)
May 4, 2026A recap/review of The Killing: Keylela (Season 2, Episode 7)

Video Games
The Finale Solution – Three of Them, Actually.
May 4, 2026End Errors: Game, Postscript For the last month or so, I’ve been talking about how terrible...

Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Poems of Jesus Christ Translated by Willis Barnstone
May 4, 2026As Barnstone notes in his introduction, Aramaic has verse forms that are difficult to render in...

Dance
Smuin Ballet and Diablo Ballet: Two Praiseworthy Bay Area Dance Companies
May 3, 2026There are a few privileges that come with the role of dance critic. One that is...

Music
Album Review: Nick Waterhouse’s Time’s All Gone
May 3, 2026There is the distinctly unnerving sensation of both familiarity and newness; the sound of another era...

Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: King of New York, #77
May 3, 2026Christopher Walken plays—as only Walken can—Frank White, a drug dealer whose release from prison sets the...
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The Office Recap: Free Family Portrait Studio (Season 8, Episode 24)
May 3, 2026A recap/review of The Office: Family Free Portrait Studio (Season 8, Episode 24)

Movies
Movie Review: Dark Shadows
May 2, 2026As Ichabod Crane, as Willy Wonka, Ed Wood, the Mad Hatter, or Sweeney Todd, Depp’s persona...

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100 Greatest Gangster Films: American Me, #72
April 21, 2026But the gang becomes even more powerful behind bars, controlling the drug trade out on the...
Movies
Best and Worst Movies of 2012 – The First Half
April 10, 2026The Fourth Wall Presents A Look At Our Five Best and There Worst Movies of the...

Television
House Recap: ‘Post Mortem’ (Season 8, Episode 20)
May 4, 2026So is House achieving emotional balance, just in time to lose his best (only) friend? Is...

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House Recap: ‘Everybody Dies’ (Season 8, Episode 22 – Series Finale)
April 28, 2026And now to the issues fans will no doubt be debating for ages to come: Did...

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The Killing Recap: What I Know (Season 2, Episode 13)
April 19, 2026A recap/review of The Killing: What I Know (Season 2, Episode 13)

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House Recap: ‘Holding On’ (Season 8, Episode 21)
May 1, 2026Sometimes the worst thing about being a pessimist is how often you’re right. I would have...

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The Killing Recap: Sayonara, Hiawatha (Season 2, Episode 9)
April 29, 2026A recap/review of The Killing Sayonara, Hiawatha (Season 2, Episode 9)

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The Newsroom Recap: We Just Decided To (Season 1, Episode 1)
April 16, 2026The Newsroom is smart, energetic and definitely going to keep audiences’ attention. Too bad we have...

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The Killing Recap: Bulldog (Season 2, Episode 11)
April 24, 2026A recap/review of The Killing Bulldog (Season 2, Episode 11)

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The Killing Recap: 72 Hours (Season 2, Episode 10)
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