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Chris BarsantiFeaturesFeatured Article BooksBrave New World[28.Nov.07] :. Naomi Klein convincingly argues in her crushingly pessimistic but magisterial work The Shock Doctrine that the future could well be a "cruel and ruthlessly divided" place where "money and race buy survival". Featured Article BooksA Lost Cause: Tim Weiner's History of the C.I.A.[24.Jul.07] :. Deep down, most of us probably know that the Central Intelligence Agency can't be nearly as cool as our popular media would have us believe. Reviews BooksThe Complex by Nick Turse[9.May.08] :. This could've been written while sitting at one desk and never even seeing the inside of the Pentagon, or any military establishment, or speaking to a single person with any knowledge on the subject.  DVDsBonnie and Clyde[1.May.08] :. This film carries a bedrock rebelliousness and shocking ugliness that firmly resonates today. PopMatters Pick BooksCorporate Warriors by P. W. Singer[25.Apr.08] :. By refusing to cast himself as a finger-wagging scold on the subject of military contractors, Singer’s concerns have all that much more power.  BooksThe Resurrectionist by Jack O'Connell[2.Apr.08] :. Besotted on Kafka-esque absurdity and Herbert Asbury-like carnivals of crime, O'Connell is a pulp author of the first order, but it's possible that it's time for him to become a little more of a pulp writer.  BooksThe Girl on the Fridge by Etgar Keret[31.Mar.08] :. There’s no escaping the sinking suspicion that no matter how entertaining Keret’s goof can be for the short haul, he could (and probably should) do better. Books The Delighted States by Adam ThirlwellPopMatters Pick BooksOur Daily Meds by Melody Petersen[11.Mar.08] :. It's hard to read Our Daily Meds without thinking of Americans as shaven-head underground dwellers of THX-1138, shuffling through their twilight days in a prescription-drug-haze. Books Against the Machine by Lee SiegelBooks American Creation by Joseph J. EllisBooks Baltimore by Mike Mignola, Christopher GoldenBooks The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas LlosaPopMatters Pick DVDsI Am Cuba (Soy Cuba)[10.Dec.07] :. The high-flying poem of a plot, the daredevil cinematography that nearly dances, the pulse-quickening humanism: all mark I Am Cuba as a rare emblem of a more idealistic past. Books Tree of Smoke by Denis JohnsonBooks The Assault on Reason by Al GoreBooks Instructions for American Servicemen in Iraq during World War II by The United States ArmyBooks Daydream Nation by Matthew StearnsBooks On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanBooks The Yiddish Policemens Union by Michael ChabonBooks God is Not Great by Christopher HitchensBooks The Changing Face of War by Martin Van CreveldBooks The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael GruberPopMatters Pick BooksThe Road by Cormac McCarthy / Oprah's Book Club selection[28.Mar.07] :. Oprah loves the father-son journey of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel and has made it the newest pick in the influential Oprah's Book Club. Books Power, Faith, and Fantasy by Michael B. OrenBooks You Dont Love Me Yet by Jonathan LethemBooks Nemesis by Chalmers JohnsonBooks Murder City by Michael LesyBooks The Mathematics of Love by Emma DarwinBooks Alternadad by Neal PollackBooks Dangerous Nation by Robert KaganBooks State of Denial by Bob WoodwardBooks Conservatize Me by John MoeBooks Liseys Story by Stephen KingBooks Homicide by David SimonBooks The Mystery Guest by Grégoire Boullier, translated by Lorin SteinBooks The Road by Cormac McCarthyFeatured Article DVDsKicking and Screaming (2006)[25.Aug.06] :. Behind all the banter and postgraduate trauma, Kicking and Screaming is a love story, only it's a fairly sour one that unfolds in reverse. Books The One Percent Doctrine by Ron SuskindBooks BOFFO! by Peter BartFeatured Article DVDsDazed and Confused: Criterion Collection (1993)[20.Jul.06] :. Criterion's DVD appreciates the film itself, without trying too hard to analyze or understand it, thank god. Featured Article FilmA Scanner Darkly (2006)[6.Jul.06] :. The suits make for images so fascinating they feel nearly "addictive," appropriate given that the film is about (among other things), viewing, reality, and addiction. Books The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas BrinkleyFilm Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang) (2006)TV The Henry Rollins ShowBlog postsRe:PrintThe Graphic Report: The Killing Joke[31.Mar.08] :. In a storyline that’s been retold almost as often as the Depression-era rough-and-tumble beginnings of the comics trade, the mid-to-late 1980s saw a rebirth for comics, spearheaded by a... Re:PrintThe Graphic Edition: Paul Goes Fishing[22.Mar.08] :. Maybe it’s true that Canadians are just simply nicer. While American graphic novels of late have been concerning themselves with abject self hatred (Adrian Tomine), vampire slackers (Jessica... Re:PrintThe Will Eisner Edition[23.Jan.08] :. While 2007 was a busy year for new graphic novelists and cartoon artists of all kinds, particularly now that they're getting some long overdue respect, one of the real treats for the genre came late... Re:PrintMexican Radio[11.Jan.08] :. In the city of Nezahualcoyotl, 60 miles east of Mexico City, police supervisors had a great idea a few years back about introducing their rank and file officers (many of whom had been ill-served by... Re:PrintThe Graphic Edition[7.Jan.08] :. As 2007 was coming to a close, time, and the allocation thereof, took a runner, and left many of us in the critical appraisal business with too much to opine upon and a shortage of waking hours in... Re:Print National Book AwardsRe:Print Truth in Comics: After the DelugeRe:Print Bookmarks: The Book of VicesRe:Print We Are (Somewhat) AmusedRe:Print Winning the Right WarRe:Print The World Without UsRe:Print Getting BiblicalRe:Print Soon-Forgotten HarryRe:Print Vampire Love TriangleRe:Print The next Potter? |
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