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AMERICA IS IN DECLINE: SIGNS, CAUSES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL POLITICS
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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...
Music
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...
Biography
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...
Non-Fiction Reviews
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,...
Non-Fiction Reviews
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...
Movies
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-30-10
September 3, 2026Hot on the heels – or shall we say paws – of Alvin & The Chipmunks...
After Image
The Wonderful World of Maira Kalman
September 3, 2026Well, Susan, 2004-05 by Maira Kalman [Image source: How Blog] The intelligent curating at Philadelphia’s Institute...
Movies
Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine
September 1, 2026A hot tub repairman cum “mystical time traveling guy” (Chevy Chase) warns the men that “the...
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
In Defense of The Social Network: Movie demonizes sexism, doesn’t glamorize it.
October 16, 2026Fiction vs. reality: Eisenberg and Zuckerberg. First things first: I’m in the business of paying close...
Dance
Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Swan Lake
November 8, 2026The dual-role of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake is well-known -- probably more now than ever, thanks...
Architecture
Farewell to the Future: Iconic “Sleeper” House is Foreclosed On
October 27, 2026By 1973, the “technological faith, confidence, and competence” Hines sees embodied in the modernism of the...
Classics
Book Review: Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
October 18, 2026Pasternak ranges the individualism of Zhivago against the heartless society that is being erected by the...
Theatre
Theatre Review: Frankenstein at the National Theatre, London
November 13, 2026There are some terrific “There’s something in the sack!” or “What’s that climbing down the wall?”...
Art & Design
The Civil War Begins: An Exhibition at the Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia
November 4, 2026These are not merely newspapers, letters, transcripts of speeches and official reports from the 1850's through...
Movies & TV
A Watchful Eye On… Winston Churchill
November 11, 2026Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, known best as the wartime Prime Minister, held in his distinguished...
Dance
Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker
October 28, 2026For sheer production values, though, the San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker remains at the top of the...
Video Games
Video Game Review: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
October 22, 2026Oddly enough, it’s this great multiplayer mode that most throws the rest of the game into...
Games
Video Game Review: Fight Night Champion
November 11, 2026At the end of the day Fight Night Champion, when it works, proves to be a...
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