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The Weekly Listicle: “Finish Him!” Epic Death Battles
November 10, 2025Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games, has taken plenty of flak for allegedly borrowing this...
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Community Recap: Contemporary Impressionists (Season 3, Episode 12)
November 9, 2025This week’s episode, “Contemporary Impressionists,” is one of the more forthright Pop Culture O’ Rama’s that...
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Movie Review: The Hunger Games
November 9, 2025On opening night, the theater was filled with preteen girls carrying bows and wearing shirts that...
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House Recap: ‘Love is Blind’ (Season 8, Episode 14)
November 9, 2025After three weeks’ hiatus (NASCAR, double dose of Alcatraz, rerun) House hit the ground running –...
Art
Art Review: Garry Winogrand: Women are Beautiful, Denver Art Museum
November 9, 2025The pair make their way through a crowded New York park. At the woman’s neck, a...
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The Walking Dead Recap: “Beside the Dying Fire” (Season 2 Finale)
November 9, 2025The writers of The Walking Dead know how to stretch out every sigh, every bated breath,...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Little Odessa, #84
November 8, 2025Tim Roth in Little Odessa (1994-R) This was James Gray’s first foray into the world of...
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Alcatraz Recap: Webb Porter (Season 1, Episode 11)
November 8, 2025A recap/review of Alcatraz- Webb Porter (Season 1, Episode 11)
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Dance
Two World Premiers from ODC/Dance
November 8, 2025Overall, Transit creates a recognizable place, but the dancers, while mostly a spirited lot, seem to...
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Video Games
Video Game Review: Mass Effect 3
November 8, 2025A few nights ago, I finished Mass Effect 3. As the credits scrolled I again sat...
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Movie Review: Casa de mi Padre
November 7, 2025The makers of Casa de Mi Padre have meticulously assembled the elements of a crummy telenovela,...
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Movie Review: Jeff, Who Lives at Home
November 7, 2025What makes Jeff intriguing is that he's not a happy character. While you'd expect a character...
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Community Recap: ‘Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts’ (Season 3, Episode 11)
November 7, 2025After several months and multiple online campaigns (including #sixseasonsandamovie on Twitter and a “Save Community” Facebook...
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The Office Recap: Get The Girl (Season 8, Episode 19)
November 7, 2025A recap/review of The Office- Get The Girl (Season 1, Episode 19)
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The Walking Dead Recap: “Better Angels” (Season 2, Episode 12)
November 6, 2025Things are finally happening! In the opening of this week’s Walking Dead, our cast of survivors...
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Movie Review: John Carter
November 6, 2025And the budget? Oh, it ballooned. The movie’s credits include so many visual effects and art...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: May the Road Rise Up to Meet You by Peter Troy
November 6, 2025Troy's novel has much to recommend it, including sensitive character delineation and powerful narrative set pieces....
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The Office Recap: Last Day in Florida (Season 1, Episode 18)
November 6, 2025A recap/review of The Office: Last Day in Florida (Season 1, Episode 18)
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: At Close Range, #85
November 6, 2025At Close Range bombed when it came out in the spring of 1986. Despite a stellar...
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Alcatraz Recap: Ames Brothers and Sonny Burnett (Season 1, Episodes 8 and 9)
November 6, 2025A recap/review of Alcatraz- Ames Brothers and Sonny Burnett (Season 1, Episodes 8 and 9)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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