Politics
AMERICA IS IN DECLINE: SIGNS, CAUSES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL POLITICS
Religion
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...
Blog-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...
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Blog-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...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
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...
Movies & TV
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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Video Games
Video Game Review: Pandora’s Tower
May 2, 2026What was once iconic – big hair, slender waists and massive...uh...assets – has become a laughable...
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Movies & TV
The KillingRecap: Off The Reservation (Season 2, Episode 8)
May 2, 2026A recap/review of The Killing: Off the Reservation (Season 2, Episode 8)
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Movies & TV
NBC: The 2012-2013 Television Season
May 2, 2026A look at NBC's Fall and Midseason Schedule
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Movies & TV
Sherlock Recap: ‘The Hounds of Baskerville’
May 2, 2026The whole episode seemed to revolve around questions of perception and memory, and the way recognising...
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Video Games
A Throne of Games – Volume 1 – A Historie of Consoleflict
May 2, 2026Tell me, O muse, of that time long ago when there were no video games. When...
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Television
Mad Men Recap: “Dark Shadows” (Season 5, Episode 9)
May 1, 2026This week marks the return of Betty Francis, the wounded whale. Betty, struggling to lose weight,...
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Movies & TV
FOX: The 2012-2013 Television Season
May 1, 2026A look at the 2012-2013 schedule for FOX.
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Movies & TV
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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Movies & TV
CBS: The 2012-2013 Television Season
May 1, 2026A Look at the CBS 2012-2013 Television Season
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Video Games
Overachievers: In Pursuit Of 1000G
May 1, 2026In a moment of madness I cared too much about finding everything, about doing everything, and...
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Movies & TV
ABC: The 2012-2013 Television Season
April 30, 2026A look at the ABC 2012-2013 fall season
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Naples Declared: A Walk Around The Bay by Benjamin Taylor
April 30, 2026Considering how “casual” the work is in its approach, you could, I suppose, call it a...
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Blog-Video Games
A Throne of Games – Volume 2 – A Crash of Kings
April 30, 2026When last we left the historie of the consoleflict, two houses arose in the land of...
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Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Al Capone, #76
April 30, 2026Rod Steiger offers one of the best portrayals of the legendary “Scarface” in this straightforward account...
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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...
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...
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
Movie Review: The Lovely Bones
August 16, 2026The novel opens with a striking, abrupt proclamation: “My name is Salmon, like the fish; first...
Television
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...
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