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The Cunning Little Vixen, Live-streamed from Glyndebourne Opera House
April 21, 2026It has not been an altogether popular production, not least with the huffy Glyndebourne reactionaries who...
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Movies & TV
Mad Men Recap: “The Phantom” (Season 5, Episode 13)
April 21, 2026Don Draper has a rotten tooth that’s causing him immense pain. He refuses to have it...
Movies
Movie Review: That’s My Boy
April 20, 2026That's My Boy opens with a teenaged Donny Berger (thankfully not played by a CGI'ed Adam...
Theatre
Ben Vereen Opens Up About Fame, Addiction and Love
April 20, 2026I love my public, and if I’m walking down the street and someone wants to take...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘The Once and Future Queen’ (Season 2, Episode 2)
April 20, 2026Meanwhile Arthur himself is suffering from tragic royal ennui. He worries that the only reason he...
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Television
Merlin Recap: ‘The Nightmare Begins’ (Season 2, Episode 3)
April 20, 2026Unsympathetic spectators might hazard that her unquiet slumbers have something to do with her invariable habit...
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Movies & TV
The Thick of It Recap – Series 3, Episode 7
April 20, 2026In other words, he’s committed a terrible crime, not by stealing information, but by stealing attention....
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Movies & TV
The Killing Recap: What I Know (Season 2, Episode 13)
April 19, 2026A recap/review of The Killing: What I Know (Season 2, Episode 13)
Music
Album Review: Fiona Apple’s The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
April 19, 2026Yet there is power in childishness, and strength in it as well – there is innocence...
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Dance
Bay Area Dancers Perform in a Benefit for Cancer Prevention
April 19, 2026On Wednesday, June 6, thirty-three dancers from or associated with twelve San Francisco Bay Area dance...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Killers, #71
April 19, 2026Ernest Hemingway hated Hollywood. Or, more to the point, the great American author hated Hollywood’s treatment...
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Video Games
Video Game Review: Game of Thrones
April 19, 2026So, does this Game of Thrones manage to live up to the promise of its source...
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Movies
Movie Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
April 18, 2026The director’s signature speedy, frenetic zooms punctuate a film that’s smoothly paced and winkingly earnest. The...
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Movies & TV
The Thick of It Recap – Series 3, Episode 8
April 18, 2026Tucker’s resignation is the two-headed calf or woman giving birth to rabbits of the modern era:...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘Lancelot and Guinevere’ (Season 2, Episode 4)
April 17, 2026One of the real points of interest in Merlin is watching the way the show takes...
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Movies
Movie Review: Brave
April 17, 2026This is not your typical Disney princess rendition of romance. In fact, it has no essential...
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Movies
Movie Review: Dark Horse
April 17, 2026Dark Horse is Todd Solondz' most accessible movie since his masterpiece Happiness, but that doesn't mean...
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Movies & TV
Merlin Recap: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (Season 2, Episode 5)
April 17, 2026At first glance it seems absolutely obvious what is going on here: to whit, some pretty...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Valachi Papers, #70
April 17, 2026While the acting is choppy and sometimes overly dramatic in The Valachi Papers, the story stays...
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Dance
Wepa! It’s Aqua Zumba!
April 16, 2026“The way I see it,” says Solano, “is that the endorphins kick in and make you...
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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...
Iran
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: 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...
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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