Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth by Charles Beauclerk
May 12, 2025I would have thought Shakespeare in Love might have advanced our understanding of the authorship debate,...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Kaboom by Matt Gallagher
May 12, 2025Gallagher has a lot of conversations with his platoon’s interpreter (“tarp”), a man his men call...
Movies
Spoiler Sensitivity: What’s the deal?
May 11, 2025Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil: replace “evil” with “spoilers” and you’ve got...
Movies
Why Clash of the Titans might be “The Worst Movie Ever Made”
May 11, 2025Is Clash of the Titans one of the worst movies ever made? William Bibbiani makes an...
Art
The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700
May 11, 2025Saint Serapion (1628) by Francisco de Zurbarán A new show at the National Gallery of Art...
Movies
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 4-6-10
May 11, 2025For all the money thrown at Wolfgang Peterson’s remake of The Poseidon Adventure, I find myself...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: SPOILER ALERT
May 11, 2025In honor of April Fool’s Day, The Weekly Listicle issues a SPOILER WARNING as we describe...
The Fourth Wall
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-30-10
May 11, 2025Hot on the heels – or shall we say paws – of Alvin & The Chipmunks...
Movies
Movie Review: Clash of the Titans
May 10, 2025Some films were meant to be viewed in three dimensions, but this one wasn’t. Clash of...
Movies
Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine
May 10, 2025A hot tub repairman cum “mystical time traveling guy” (Chevy Chase) warns the men that “the...
Art
The Wonderful World of Maira Kalman
May 10, 2025Well, Susan, 2004-05 by Maira Kalman [Image source: How Blog] The intelligent curating at Philadelphia’s Institute...
Movies
The Weekly Listicle: Time Travel At Its Best!
May 10, 2025Since there are relatively few “Hot Tub” movies to recommend, Julia Rhodes and I (William Bibbiani)...
After Image
Museums: Attracting a Younger Crowd
May 10, 2025Brooklyn Museum iPhone Application Museum-goers today are very different than they were one hundred years ago. ...
Movies
Happy Birthday, NC-17!
May 9, 2025The basics of the MPAA’s rating system (from here). Oh, NC-17. You’re like that friend who’s...
Politics
AMERICA IS IN DECLINE: SIGNS, CAUSES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL POLITICS
May 9, 2025AMERICA IS IN DECLINE: SIGNS, CAUSES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL POLITICS David Y. F. Ho There...
Movies
William’s Weekly DVD Heist: 3-23-10
May 9, 2025Frankly, after three Free Willy movies I can’t help but wonder if maybe the universe is...
Movies
The Great Music Videos #2: “Thriller” (dir. John Landis)
May 9, 2025Jackson as a zombie in “Thriller” William Bibbiani noted in the Great Music Videos #1 post...
Movies
A CLR Interview with The New Year Parade Filmmaker Tom Quinn
May 8, 2025The New Year Parade: A taut, small-scale family drama from independent filmmaker Tom Quinn. Tom Quinn’s...
Movies
Movie Review: Repo Men
May 8, 2025The only way it could be more topical is if there was a subplot about Sandra...
After Image
Iran’s Cultural Heritage Under Threat
May 8, 2025In addition to depriving Iranians of their cultural property, a decision to turn over the artifacts...
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,...
Art & Design
Erotic Art of Ancient Pompeii
June 20, 2026A favourite theme which recurred again and again in wall paintings was the satyr creeping up...
Military
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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