Politics
AMERICA IS IN DECLINE: SIGNS, CAUSES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL POLITICS
Art
The Wonderful World of Maira Kalman
September 3, 2026Well, Susan, 2004-05 by Maira Kalman [Image source: How Blog] The intelligent curating at Philadelphia’s Institute...
Movies
Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine
September 1, 2026A hot tub repairman cum “mystical time traveling guy” (Chevy Chase) warns the men that “the...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Time Travel At Its Best!
September 1, 2026Since there are relatively few “Hot Tub” movies to recommend, Julia Rhodes and I (William Bibbiani)...
Art
Museums: Attracting a Younger Crowd
September 1, 2026Brooklyn Museum iPhone Application Museum-goers today are very different than they were one hundred years ago. ...
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
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-23-10
September 1, 2026Frankly, after three Free Willy movies I can’t help but wonder if maybe the universe is...
Movies
A CLR Interview with The New Year Parade Filmmaker Tom Quinn
September 1, 2026The New Year Parade: A taut, small-scale family drama from independent filmmaker Tom Quinn. Tom Quinn’s...
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
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: Repo Men
August 31, 2026The only way it could be more topical is if there was a subplot about Sandra...
Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Weekly Listicle: Dystopian Futures
August 31, 2026The March 19 release Repo Men is about a near-future in which organ transplants are simple,...
Movies
When Film Critics Lose a Bet, Part 1: The Oscar!
August 30, 2026(The Oscar) has a reputation as one of the biggest turkeys in Hollywood history, in large...
Fiction Reviews
The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
August 30, 2026A startling achievement in a first novel, the work seems to have already touched a chord...
Fiction Reviews
A Separate Country by Robert Hicks
August 30, 2026A Separate Country tells the story of Confederate General John Bell Hood, who moves to New...
Photography
I Myself Have Seen It: Photography & Kiki Smith at the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
August 30, 2026Contemporary sculptor and print maker Kiki Smith has been photographing and exhibiting her work for three...
Art
The Art of Japanese Internment Camps at the Renwick Gallery
August 28, 2026An exhibition at the Renwick Gallery in Washington DC titled The Art of Gaman: Arts and...
Movies
What happened to teen movies?!
August 28, 2026“On Wednesdays we wear pink!” (Mean Girls: a frightfully accurate portrayal of peer pressure and conformity.)...
Art
A Case for Warhol’s Jews
August 28, 2026Since its in 1980, Critics have lambasted Warhol’s “Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century”...
Movies
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-16-10
August 28, 2026Confession time: I did not see the Academy Award-nominated The Princess and The Frog. In my...
Vietnam
Book Review: Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War by Ted Morgan
August 28, 2026Giap had lost several family members to the rigors of French colonial rule, including his wife...
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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...
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...
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...
Movies
Catching Up With 2010: Percy Jackson The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
September 25, 2026For many years now Chris Columbus and I have had an understanding: He can suck as...
Movies
Bret Easton Ellis: Film requires the male gaze, female directors need not apply
September 15, 2026Movieline printed an interview with author Bret Easton Ellis, whose most famous work is probably American...
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...
Art & Design
Art Review: Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers at the Hirshhorn, Washington, DC
September 18, 2026In one of Klein’s, racier projects, the Anthropometry series, the artist dressed to the nines and...
Art
Art Review: Kurt, at the Seattle Art Museum, Explores Kurt Cobain’s Influence on Contemporary Artists
September 17, 2026Nearby, Jeffry Mitchell’s portrait as Kurt is arguably the hidden gem of the exhibit. Self-Portrait as...
Art
Larry Rivers, NYU, and Child Pornography
September 27, 2026How should we respond, however, when sexual abuse is the subject of a piece and a...
Art
The Life and Work of Eadweard Muybridge
September 13, 2026Muybridge had married his young assistant, in 1871. After a while, he began to suspect that...
Art
Alice Leora Briggs: Art from Juárez
September 18, 2026While Briggs subject matter is unpleasant, her work has a dark beauty and an immediacy not...
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