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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
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-23-10
September 1, 2026Frankly, after three Free Willy movies I can’t help but wonder if maybe the universe is...
Movies
A CLR Interview with The New Year Parade Filmmaker Tom Quinn
September 1, 2026The New Year Parade: A taut, small-scale family drama from independent filmmaker Tom Quinn. Tom Quinn’s...
Music
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
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: 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,...
Movies
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...
The Fourth Wall
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”...
The Fourth Wall
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...
Vietnam
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...
Fiction Reviews
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...
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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...
Music
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...
After Image
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...
Movies & TV
Movie Review: The Lovely Bones
August 16, 2026The novel opens with a striking, abrupt proclamation: “My name is Salmon, like the fish; first...
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...
The Fourth Wall
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...
The Fourth Wall
What happened to teen movies?!
August 28, 2026“On Wednesdays we wear pink!” (Mean Girls: a frightfully accurate portrayal of peer pressure and conformity.)...
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