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Iran’s Cultural Heritage Under Threat
August 31, 2026In addition to depriving Iranians of their cultural property, a decision to turn over the artifacts...
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Movie Review: Repo Men
August 31, 2026The only way it could be more topical is if there was a subplot about Sandra...
Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Weekly Listicle: Dystopian Futures
August 31, 2026The March 19 release Repo Men is about a near-future in which organ transplants are simple,...
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When Film Critics Lose a Bet, Part 1: The Oscar!
August 30, 2026(The Oscar) has a reputation as one of the biggest turkeys in Hollywood history, in large...
Fiction Reviews
The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
August 30, 2026A startling achievement in a first novel, the work seems to have already touched a chord...
Fiction Reviews
A Separate Country by Robert Hicks
August 30, 2026A Separate Country tells the story of Confederate General John Bell Hood, who moves to New...
Photography
I Myself Have Seen It: Photography & Kiki Smith at the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
August 30, 2026Contemporary sculptor and print maker Kiki Smith has been photographing and exhibiting her work for three...
Art
The Art of Japanese Internment Camps at the Renwick Gallery
August 28, 2026An exhibition at the Renwick Gallery in Washington DC titled The Art of Gaman: Arts and...
Movies
What happened to teen movies?!
August 28, 2026“On Wednesdays we wear pink!” (Mean Girls: a frightfully accurate portrayal of peer pressure and conformity.)...
Art
A Case for Warhol’s Jews
August 28, 2026Since its in 1980, Critics have lambasted Warhol’s “Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century”...
Movies
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-16-10
August 28, 2026Confession time: I did not see the Academy Award-nominated The Princess and The Frog. In my...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War by Ted Morgan
August 28, 2026Giap had lost several family members to the rigors of French colonial rule, including his wife...
Movies
The Great Music Videos #1: “On Your Mark” (dir. Hayao Miyazaki)
August 28, 2026Music videos have also of course been a spawning ground for great motion picture directors, from...
Horror
Book Review: The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry
August 28, 2026The Extinction Clock is counting down. Time is short—10,800 minutes (just seven days)—and if the clock...
Movies
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-9-10
August 27, 2026Every week, dozens of DVDs and Blu-Rays are released unto the world, and in this economy...
Art
Sex in the Vienna Secession – Because Airplane Bathrooms are so Passé
August 27, 2026The Vienna Secession, which was designed to display works by Gustav Klimt and his contemporaries, recently...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: William and Julia’s Revised Best/Worst Lists of 2009!
August 27, 2026This week in honor of the Academy Awards – traditionally the last opportunity to discuss the...
Art
Art Review: 2010, Whitney Biennial
August 27, 2026It is undeniable that the reduction, which was largely brought on by budget constraints, has created...
Movies
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...
Movies
And the loser is… William Bibbiani!
August 26, 2026Hey everyone. Well, I screwed up. I stand by my picks as logical predictions, but as...
Art
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,...
Non-Fiction Reviews
In My Father’s Shadow by Chris Welles Feder
August 5, 2026Orson had become so famous for his villainous role as Harry Lime in The Third Man...
Art
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
August 7, 2026The people of that ancient nation had been decimated in the opening genocide of modern times,...
Movies
Tim Burton at MoMA
August 11, 2026Predictably, Tim Burton is already a wildly popular show. As throngs of families, film buffs and...
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Movie Review: Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
August 8, 2026Comedian Mo’Nique, best known for urban comedies like Phat Girlz and Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins, gives...
Biography
Abraham Lincoln: A Life by Michael Burlingame
August 3, 2026Never perhaps has there been such a masterful account of the man’s failures—and successes—in this country’s...
Linguistics
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
Movie Review: The Lovely Bones
August 16, 2026The novel opens with a striking, abrupt proclamation: “My name is Salmon, like the fish; first...
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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...
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The Weekly Listicle: William and Julia’s Revised Best/Worst Lists of 2009!
August 27, 2026This week in honor of the Academy Awards – traditionally the last opportunity to discuss the...
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