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The Mob Doctor Recap: ‘Fluid Dynamics’ (Season 1, Episode 9)
February 17, 2026I wish more people had been receptive to what, for me, makes the show appealing –...
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The Walking Dead Recap: “Made to Suffer” (Season 3, Episode 8)
February 17, 2026Last night’s midseason finale of The Walking Dead brought yet more new faces, pitted brother against...
Movies
Movie Review: Killing Them Softly
February 17, 2026Killing Them Softly has all the right elements for a blistering satire, or merely a solid,...
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Movies & TV
The Office Recap: Dwight Christmas (Season 9, Episode 9)
February 16, 2026A recap/review of The Office's Dwight Christmas (Season 9, Episode 9), and a look at the...
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Movie Review: Hyde Park on Hudson
February 16, 2026Director Roger Michell is obviously in love with the story and the characters, but it is...
100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Dinner Rush, #47
February 16, 2026But no movie in the genre portrays food as lovingly as Dinner Rush, a story about...
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Theatre
Theatre Review: The Good Mother
February 16, 2026Angus maintains that everything went okay, but Larissa notices something odd in her daughter’s behavior. She...
Architecture
Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012): Some Brazilian Contexts
February 16, 2026The city of Brasília may have been an isolated phenomenon, rising on its remote and featureless...
Movies
Blu-Ray Review: The Dark Knight Rises
February 16, 2026Whereas the Joker (Heath Ledger) simply sought to destroy the world in random outbursts, Bane represents...
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Vegas Recap: ‘Masquerade’ (Season 1, Episode 9)
February 15, 2026And I have to say, while I admired Carrie-Anne Moss coming into this series, so far...
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Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Angels With Dirty Faces, #46
February 15, 2026Some movies hold up well over time. This one doesn’t. We wanted to like Angels with...
Biography
Book Review: Titian: His Life by Sheila Hale
February 15, 2026Seeing a paint brush on the floor, the emperor reached down to retrieve it and presented...
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Dance
Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker
February 15, 2026Instead of whipping out a small nutcracker that Drosselmeyer later makes big, the nutcracker should be...
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Music
Album Review: Crystal Castles’ III
February 14, 2026After a high-pitched intro reminiscent of the entry into a horror film, the bass explodes into...
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Movies
Movie Review: On The Road
February 14, 2026Salles treats the material with a needless seriousness. It brings the bodies of the chapters of...
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Movies
Movie Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
February 14, 2026Seeking to reclaim their home and treasure from the dragon Smaug, the group heads to their...
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African American
Movie Review: The Central Park Five
February 14, 2026The police grilled the boys for over 12 hours, eventually convincing each one that the others...
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Movies
Early Review: Warm Bodies
February 13, 2026The latest attempt to capitalize on the zombie craze, Warm Bodies tries to provide a different...
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...
Non-Fiction Reviews
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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