Call for Papers: Return to the 36 Chambers: Enter The Wu-Tang, 20 Years Later

C.E. McAuley

Features

Tuesday, May 21 2013

In Defense of... Star Trek

Who will defend the future from J.J. Abrams... and his fans?


Wednesday, January 30 2013

The Beatification of Philip K. Dick

Fueled by his science fiction work, by his mystical aura and his growing legend, the cult of Philip K. Dick continues to expand.


Tuesday, September 6 2011

Next Stop: Marijuanaland

Inside the making of Jonah Raskin’s journey through California’s Emerald Triangle -- one of the main fronts of the global drug war. Raskin not only describes himself as a chronicler of marijuana, but also a smoker who has a medical marijuana card.


Wednesday, May 4 2011

Allen Ginsberg Didn’t Say That: A Conversation on the Film 'Howl'

C.E. McAuley and friends get wordy about Allen Ginsberg, Howl, and the release of the film now on DVD.


Wednesday, June 23 2010

The Primal Drive of Fear and Desire in Hitchcock’s 'Vertigo' and 'The Birds'

Typical of Hitchcock, he does not provide answers in Vertigo and The Birds, rather, he demonstrates the inherent dangers of living with -- yet denying -- the dark psychic forces that control our lives from deep withing our subconscious minds.


Reviews

Monday, February 4 2013

Yo-Yo Ma: 26 January 2013 - Rohnert Park, CA

His recent performance in Weill Hall at the Green Music Center in Rohnert Park, California, hailed as the new cultural center for music on the West Coast, was no goat rodeo - it was Yo-Yo Ma at his best.


Thursday, June 10 2010

War of the Supermen #1-4

Writer James Robinson proves himself an indispensable talent, and offers a severe meditation on genocide, and redemption in telling the tale of the '100 Minute War'.


Tuesday, June 1 2010

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1

Despite the transparent nature of his 'death' at the end of Final Crisis, Bruce Wayne 'returns' to the DCU just as expected.


Tuesday, November 17 2009

Batgirl

New Batgirl does not rise to iconic status.


Blogs

Tuesday, May 21 2013

Call for Papers: Director Spotlight: Orson Welles

PopMatters is excited to offer a new venue for film scholars, historians, critics, and social theorists of any stripe to reexamine the legacy of one of the American cinema's most iconic but divisive masters, Orson Welles.


Thursday, March 28 2013

To Write or Not to Write About Sex Clowns?

Wherein our writer contemplates entering someone else’s world and stealing their greasepaint covered soul -- just for a byline.


Wednesday, June 23 2010

Missed Directions Swansong: Sometimes They Shine

These literary staples, these superheroes and their fictions, sometimes they are Missed Directions and Sometimes They Shine...


Wednesday, June 16 2010

Missed Directions: The Good Kind of ‘Legionnaires’

Guess Who Just Got Back Today: The Legion of Super-Heroes returns in epic style to the publication lists of DC, with legendary writer Paul Levitz once more at the helm.


Wednesday, June 9 2010

Missed Directions: Don’t Walk Toward the Light

The reality of reading "Brightest Day"? I can’t bring myself to emotionally invest in the characters. Why? Because when a character is killed off in a fictional universe it should mean something.


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Missed Directions: Small-Ville, Big Run (Graphic Novelties) [12.May.10]
Missed Directions: Bat-Bedazzled Broadway (Graphic Novelties) [5.May.10]
Missed Directions: MPGPD Awareness Week (Graphic Novelties) [19.Apr.10]
Missed Directions: The Dork Knight Returns (Graphic Novelties) [14.Apr.10]
Missed Directions: Superhero Fatigue (Graphic Novelties) [17.Mar.10]
Missed Directions: Going For Gold (Graphic Novelties) [10.Feb.10]
Missed Directions: The Return of Bruce Wayne (Graphic Novelties) [5.Jan.10]
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