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Movie Review: Cloud Atlas
March 2, 2026Spanning over 500 years and following more than a dozen characters, the film is composed of...
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The Walking Dead Recap: “Walk with Me” (Season 3, Episode 3)
March 2, 2026After the rough, brutal reintroduction to The Walking Dead‘s post-apocalyptic dystopia this season, this week’s episode...
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The Thick of It Recap – Series 4, Episode 7
March 2, 2026A high-speed mincing Malcolm and a Malcolm collapsing back onto the cushions of a taxi marked...
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Halloween Home Video #10: Nicholas McCarthy’s The Pact
March 2, 2026For the grand finale of Halloween Home Video 2012, have a look at Nicholas McCarthy's dread-heavy...
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Revolution Recap: Soul Train and Sex and Drugs (Episode 5 and 6)
March 2, 2026A recap/review of Revolution: "Soul Train" and "Sex and Drugs," Episode 5 and 6
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Vegas Recap: ‘Solid Citizens’ (Season 1, Episode 5)
March 2, 2026So, I suspect the question “What happened in the fifth episode of Vegas?” is not uppermost...
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Art
Manet: Portraying Life — An Interview with Curator Lawrence W. Nichols
March 1, 2026As I pursued my research into Manet, I discovered that MaryAnne Stevens of the Royal Academy...
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Dance
Russell Maliphant’s Afterlight Folds Time Into Space at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
March 1, 2026After a piano intro, a spot opens up a space on the dark stage and in...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: High Sierra, #52
March 1, 2026Before High Sierra, Hollywood’s gangsters were not just black-and-white on celluloid; they were equally definitive in...
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Movies
Movie Review: The Man with the Iron Fists
February 28, 2026The Man with the Iron Fists is nothing if not enthusiastic, its narrative fits and starts...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Prosperous Friends by Christine Schutt
February 28, 2026A mile wide and an inch deep? Not Christine Schutt’s Prosperous Friends. Quite the opposite. It’s...
Movies
Movie Review: Maniac
February 28, 2026Satire, serious, or schlock? That was the question playing through my mind during Maniac, director Franck...
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Blog-Dance
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet’s Constellation: Ballet in Bright Lights
February 28, 2026Strings of LED lights take the form of square panels, and dancers wear or carry them...
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Television
The Mob Doctor Recap: ‘Legacy’ (Season 1, Episode 5)
February 28, 2026And The Mob Doctor’s back! For now, at least. Judging by the previews, next week’s episode...
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The Office Recap: The Boat (Season 9, Episode 6)
February 28, 2026A review/recap of The Office: The Boat (Season 9, Episode 6)
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Revolution Recap: The Children’s Crusade (Season 1, Episode 7)
February 27, 2026A recap/review of Revolution: The Children's Crusade (Season 1, Episode 7)
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Movie Review: Lincoln
February 27, 2026As expected, Day-Lewis breathes life into Abraham Lincoln. And, as expected, he’s fantastic to watch, even...
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Movies
Early Review: John Dies At The End Starring Paul Giamatti
February 27, 2026The lead two actors have good chemistry, Clancy Brown is always a welcome sight, and the...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 — #51
February 27, 2026Jacques Mesrine was one of the most notorious criminals in France during the 1960s and 1970s....
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Game of the Week: LSU vs. Mississippi State — The View from England
February 27, 2026After last week’s loss to the Crimson Tide, LSU’s Tigers might have felt they had something...
Fiction Reviews
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
June 11, 2026This book isn’t a book, it’s a jazz piece, a series of improvisations on Díaz’s country,...
History
Erotic Art of Ancient Pompeii
June 20, 2026A favourite theme which recurred again and again in wall paintings was the satyr creeping up...
Art
Photo Essay: North Korean Propaganda Posters
July 3, 2026Posters are visual illustrations of the slogans that surround the people of North Korea constantly. North...
Non-Fiction Reviews
George & Jacintha: On the Limits of Literary Biography
June 23, 2026The claim that George Orwell once tried to rape someone received scant attention in the United...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Jennifer Sey on the Harsh World of Elite Gymnastics
June 27, 2026From what I witnessed, and certainly in my experience, many of the high level coaches in...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Battle for Falluja: Photos from Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
June 19, 2026The captured fighter claimed to be a student who had gotten stuck in Falluja. A Marine...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary
June 30, 2026"The next generation of physicists and cosmologists will have the fun and excitement of discovering the...
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Murdered by Mumia: A Conversation With Maureen Faulkner
June 16, 2026"The man lifted his arm and fired a single shot in Danny’s back. Danny was able...
Art
The Drawings of Alfred Kubin
July 8, 2026Kubin had something quite different in mind: with his hallucinatory incantations he was seeking to disturb...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Einstein in Japan
June 30, 2026The cult of Einstein reached the point where university officials in Fukuoka preserved the blackboard on...
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