Books
Book review – Judy Battalion’s Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos
January 19, 2026Review of BATTALION, JUDY. Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s...
Politics
TINY HONG KONG DWARFED BY TWO SUPERPOWERS: WE WANT FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY, NOT VIOLENCE
January 18, 2026TINY HONG KONG DWARFED BY TWO SUPERPOWERS: WE WANT FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY, NOT VIOLENCE David Y....
Movies & TV
Community Recaps: ‘Alternative History…’ and ‘Cooperative Escapism…’ (Season 4, Episodes 4 and 5)
January 18, 2026Even before the season began, the show gained a reputation that would be hard to shake....
Books
BOOK REVIEW: THE PLAQUE: THIS IS OUR COUNTRY, TOO
January 18, 2026The book begins in the present time, but this is a story that goes back more...
-
Art
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
January 17, 2026The Pre-Raphaelites shared several treasured ideals, but their painting styles varied greatly. The two transcendent themes,...
-
-
Movies
SXSW Film Festival Day 1: Evil Dead’s a Winner
January 17, 2026The real treat of the night was director Fede Alvarez' remake of the classic B horror...
-
Movies
SXSW Film Festival Day 2: It’s Whedon’s World
January 17, 2026If South By Southwest has taught us anything, it's that this is Joss Whedon's world and...
-
Movies & TV
The Walking Dead Recap: “Arrow on the Doorpost” (Season 3, Episode 13)
January 17, 2026We already know how the Governor functions, and we don’t need more evidence of his shortcomings...
-
Dance
San Francisco Ballet Presents The Rite of Spring, Beaux and Guide To Strange Places
January 17, 2026At the first sensual strains of a bassoon made to sound like an archaic oboe in...
-
Movies
SXSW Film Festival Day 3: Is The MPAA All Bad?
January 16, 2026I was able to attend my first panel discussion on my third day at SXSW. Cleverly...
-
Movies & TV
The Office Recap: ‘The Farm’ (Season 9, Episode 17)
January 16, 2026Tonight is the episode of The Office that I've been waiting for: “The Farm.” This is...
-
-
Movies
Early Review: Don Jon
January 15, 2026Don Jon is Jon Martello (Gordon-Levitt), a New Jersey meathead who only cares about a few...
-
Movies
SXSW Film Festival Day 5: Guns, Ghosts and Psychos
January 15, 2026As a sign of how important SXSW has become across a variety of media, A&E premiered...
-
Movies & TV
100 Greatest Gangster Films: American Gangster, #33
January 15, 2026Based loosely on the life and times of Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, American Gangster was...
-
-
Television
Community Recap: ‘Advanced Documentary Filmmaking’ (Season 4, Episode 6)
January 14, 2026After a mediocre season (to put it nicely) so far, this week’s episode of Community was...
Movies
Movie Review: The Croods
January 14, 2026An overprotective father, Grug prefers to keep his clan holed up inside a cave until they...
-
-
-
100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: A Bronx Tale, #18
December 27, 2025A Bronx Tale is more than a wonderful portrait of growing up around the mob in...
-
Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Donnie Brasco, #8
December 23, 2025One of the reasons the movie works so well is the interplay between Pacino and Johnny...
-
Television
The Office Recap: ‘A.A.R.M’ (Season 9, Episode 22)
December 28, 2025“This” is being Assistant to the Regional Manager (Dwight Schrute) at a paper company that, even...
Movies & TV
The Walking Dead Recap: “Welcome to the Tombs” (Season 3 Episode 16)
January 10, 2026After a frustrating third season full of jerky accelerations and sudden brakes, The Walking Dead brought...
-
Movies
Head to Head: A Haunted House v. Scary Movie V
January 4, 2026Every year, similar seeming movies will be released shortly after one another. For the first installment...
-
Television
Mad Men Recap: “To Have and To Hold” (Season 6, Episode 4)
January 4, 2026Don asks Sylvia to remove her cross. She tells him she won’t, and he turns it...
-
Movies & TV
100 Greatest Gangster Films: American Gangster, #33
January 15, 2026Based loosely on the life and times of Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, American Gangster was...
-
Movies & TV
The Office Recap: Finale (Season 9, Episode 23)
December 25, 2025"Finale" is about bringing them all together for one last hurrah, and it works emotionally and...
-
100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Sexy Beast, #24
December 30, 2025Sir Ben Kingsley becomes the ruthless Logan in Sexy Beast, and he’s 90 percent of the...
Top Posts & Pages
Trending
Contributors
