Features
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.
Thursday, January 14 2010
Iconic Spider Jerusalem and The New Journalism
There’s someone every journalism student should know. The iconic, irascible and deeply compassionate Spider Jerusalem has proven to be darkly prescient of the decade that lay immediately ahead.
Wednesday, November 4 2009
Celebrating the Death of the Dark Knight – and His Rebirth
With the recent passing of Bruce Wayne, can the Batman character escape the tragedy of Bruce Wayne's life that originally birthed it?
Reviews
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.
Blogs
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.
Wednesday, June 2 2010
Missed Directions: Summer of DCU Love
Here comes the Summer, filled with all kinds of DCU goodies. And some Missed Directions
Wednesday, May 12 2010
Missed Directions: Small-Ville, Big Run
Nine years on, and Smallville has shed its history as a Dawson's Creek clone like an unwanted skin, and is now ready to fly...
