All posts tagged "1950s"
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...
France
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...
Fiction Reviews
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...
History
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...
Books
Book Review: In One Person by John Irving
April 11, 2026And therein shines the beauty of Irving’s tale, who we used to be as a society...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussman
March 31, 2026A potential reader sizing up Liza Klausmann’s new novel, Tigers in Red Weather, would do well...
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