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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Animal Kingdom, #55
March 9, 2026We place Jacki Weaver, as Grandma Smurf, on the Mount Rushmore of female movie gangsters, along...
Movies
Movie Review: Sinister
March 9, 2026Sinister has its flaws; it’s all a little too neat, the ghosts too visible. The “twist”...
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Movies
Movie Review: Argo
March 9, 2026As the eyes of the entire country are watching news reports of the hostages, the CIA,...
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Thrillers
The Walking Dead Recap: “Seed” (Season 3, Episode 1)
March 8, 2026Not quite singing Kumbaya. Photo credit Gene Page/AMC. The third season of The Walking Dead opens...
Movies
Halloween Home Video #4: Alexandre Courtès’ Asylum Blackout
March 8, 2026Welcome to Halloween Home Video (2012 edition), a special series of home video reviews for this...
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Art
Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
March 8, 2026It demonstrates, as few earlier Warhol exhibits have done, the “sensation” that the trend-setting artist created...
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Blog-Dance
Mariinsky Ballet: Swan Lake
March 8, 2026Asked why there were no secondes, the general director gave the curious response that “not everyone...
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Television
The Thick of It Recap – Series 4, Episode 5
March 8, 2026Back at the plot, the death of Tickel is becoming even more of an issue than...
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Movies
Halloween Home Video #5: John Poliqiun’s Grave Encounters 2
March 7, 2026Read on as Halloween Home Video brings you the horror highlights of 2012. Revisit a haunted...
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Television
The Office Recap: Work Bus (Season 9, Episode 4)
March 7, 2026A recap/review of The Office: Work Bus (Season 9, Episode 4)
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Biography
Book Review: Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan
March 7, 2026The course of Curtis’ campaign to document the lives and life style of the Native American...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Killing, #54
March 7, 2026There are two great reasons to see The Killing, Stanley Kubrick’s 1956 caper film about a...
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Art
Art Review: Graphic Design: Now in Production, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
March 7, 2026Lovers of advertising, of the internet and interactivity, of reading and the media, sit back and...
Movies
Halloween Home Video #6: Sean Byrne’s The Loved Ones
March 6, 2026Halloween Home Video (2012 edition) is your one-stop shop for Halloween rental recommendations. Sean Byrne's The...
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Movies
Movie Review: Paranormal Activity 4
March 6, 2026For those who came in late: Paranormal Activity is the continuing saga of a family whose...
Books
Book Review: You & Me by Padgett Powell
March 6, 2026You might enjoy your own shot of bourbon to compliment the liquor these two “weirdly agreeable...
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Movies & TV
The Thick of It Recap – Series 4, Episode 6
March 6, 2026The scenario is a brilliant way of watching each figure respond in almost laboratory conditions, offering...
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Dance
Shaping Flamenco: An Afternoon with Cristina Hall
March 6, 2026“The head follows the hand.” Now smiling broadly, she demonstrates slamming the back foot onto the...
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Thrillers
Halloween Home Video #7: Darren Lynn Bousman’s The Barrens
March 5, 2026Today's Halloween Home Video - Darren Lynn Bousman's The Barrens - a contemporary fable casting the...
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Movies & TV
Vegas Recap: ‘(Il)Legitimate’ (Season 1, Episode 4)
March 5, 2026Savino’s got surprises for everyone. His expansion plans have been nixed by Angelo back in Chicago,...
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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
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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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