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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...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: The Worst Endings Ever EVER.
September 15, 2026Six seasons have come and passed, but now this Sunday, May 23rd, ‘Lost’ finally comes to...
Music
Book Review: Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet: Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz by Randall Sandke
September 14, 2026Sandke offers no critical commentary about this piece of advice that was given Armstrong after he...
Architecture
Recycling Meets Recreation
September 14, 2026Last year Macro-Sea conceived of the Dumpster Pool. The designers constructed what they call a "lo-fi...
Movies
What summer should have been: Camp in Movies and TV
September 14, 2026It’s already mid-May, guys. Summer’s nearly upon us. “Summer” means something different to everyone, but universally...
The Fourth Wall
miniBLOGS: Why “Lost” Sucked This Week, Why 3-D is Doomed, and Three Trailers You HAVE to See
September 14, 2026The problem is that “Lost: The Science Fiction Series” was just okay, while “Lost: The Fantasy...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Songs of Hollywood by Philip Furia and Laurie Patterson
September 13, 2026For the next few years, Hollywood musicals, climaxing in 42nd Street (1933), would be "backstage" pictures....
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Action Heroines!
September 13, 2026For some reason Ridley Scott decided another retelling of Robin Hood was a good idea, and...
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
The Final Word: Is horror better left off-screen?
September 13, 2026Welcome back to The Final Word, a running feature from me (Julia Rhodes) and William Bibbiani,...
Movies
Movie Review: Iron Man 2
September 12, 2026Jon Favreau’s first Iron Man was a snazzy little number, cherry red and rocket-fueled and brimming...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
September 12, 2026The story is set in the spring of 1969 in the northwest corner of the country...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Cleopatra: A Biography by Duane W. Roller
September 12, 2026Pity Duane W. Roller, author of Cleopatra: A Biography. I can just imagine the initial conversation...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro
September 12, 2026Beginning around 1800, the hunt started to find the “real” Shakespeare, the noble visionary who had...
The Fourth Wall
Discussion: The Best TV of the Last Fifteen Years
September 11, 2026TV: Is it making us dumber, and how is it changing? (Aside from the fact that...
Movies
Movie Review: Nightmare on Elm Street
September 11, 2026The new Springwood is a land of green lawns, money, and white-trimmed colonial houses where teenagers...
Movies
The Final Word: Is 3-D better than 2-D?
September 11, 2026Oh sure, we’re probably going to be stuck with 3-D forever now that everyone flocked to...
Art
Artist’s Blacklist Fights Speculation
September 11, 2026Although the market has been good to Ms. Dumas, the artist’s distaste for speculative art buyers...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: The Finest Costumes in Film History
September 10, 2026Excellent costume design is flattering, practical, thematically appropriate and iconic, and our choices for the Best...
The Fourth Wall
The Weekly Listicle: Best Horror Movie Villains EVER.
September 10, 2026This week marks the opening of yet another horror remake: the new Nightmare on Elm Street...
After Image
Suburban Gothic: A. Clarke Bedford’s America
September 10, 2026Bedford explains "one begins to wonder if every snapshot of grandparents in a Model A Ford...
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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...
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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...
Thrillers
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...
Art
How to Get Your Work in the Louvre? Hang it up Yourself!
September 9, 2026Ironically, while Mr. Guérineau has indicated a desire to infuse France’s museums with fresh blood and...
Art
Running Fence: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Masterpiece Revisited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
September 7, 2026While one might be tempted to attribute the project's failure to grandiose ambition, the success of...
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...
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
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...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Cleopatra: A Biography by Duane W. Roller
September 12, 2026Pity Duane W. Roller, author of Cleopatra: A Biography. I can just imagine the initial conversation...
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...
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