All posts tagged "1950s"
The Fourth Wall
Mad (wo)Men: The Complexity of Womanhood in “Mad Men”
October 11, 2026The cast of AMC’s “Mad Men:” Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, January Jones,...
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...
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...
Non-Fiction Reviews
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...
Fiction Reviews
The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan
July 30, 2026She sees faces in the flaking walls of the kitchen, fears for the soul of a...
Military
Knife Song Korea by Richard Selzer
July 28, 2026On arriving at his small and isolated army base in Korea, Sloane is met by Larry...
History
Events Leading to America’s Involvement in Vietnam
July 5, 2026Given the political vacuum in the South, a Communist takeover of all of Vietnam within two...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Images from How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb
June 9, 2026Between 1945 and 1962, the United States conducted over 300 atmospheric nuclear tests above the ground,...
Music
Album Review: Nick Waterhouse’s Time’s All Gone
May 3, 2026There is the distinctly unnerving sensation of both familiarity and newness; the sound of another era...
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Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Let Him Have It, #69
April 12, 2026As the days tick down, you’ll start to sweat. As the hanging occurs—graphically and efficiently—you may...
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