Aaron Wee is Rhode Island-based and relatively happy. The two are not necessarily related. His wandering eye had previously led him to opine on a sex column, political commentary, and lifestyle reviews. This is a story very much in progress; he invites you to help him write it.
Columns
Thursday, March 4 2010
Underwear as Outerwear
Women have been flaunting their underwear for so long now we raise nary an eyebrow at the sighting of a g-string; but men were displaying their undies long before women even raised their hemlines.
Monday, January 11 2010
The Mods: A Very British Coup
PopMatters debuts our new fashion column. Swinging London’s Mods were at the cutting edge of the fashion world, setting a trend of rebellious dress that altered practically nothing from the standards of contemporary British society.
Reviews
Tuesday, September 14 2010
'I Am From Titov Veles': Time, Decay, and Haunting History In Post-Yugoslavia Macedonia
In her second feature film, Teona Strugar Mitevska continues her odyssey in resolving and contemplating modern Macedonia in a post-communist world.
Friday, June 11 2010
Life: A Simple Story About Sex and Food
Sumptuously filmed, gorgeously executed, and groundbreaking in technique and motivation, Life must be one of the great film accomplishments of the decade.
Wednesday, June 9 2010
Shinjuku Incident Is An Action Film Where Jackie Chan Can't Fight: And That's a Good Thing?
Jackie Chan returns to Hong Kong cinema after the butchering of Hollywood to attempt a serious turn. Get this: it's not necessarily a bad thing.
Thursday, June 3 2010
Freud: A Man's Life in Six Hours
A film that attempts to discover Freud through his work, this is a deliberately slow, loving look at a life lived.
Tuesday, June 1 2010
According to 'Metatropolis' the Future is Simultaneously Doomed and Infinitely Redeemable
An anthology of five short stories by some of the most exciting talents in science fiction, Metatropolis is a speculative work of what 'The Urban' could mean in the near-future.
Blogs
Wednesday, April 21 2010
"Big Tits Zombie": Japan Can Do Ironic Too
The ostensibly real and not-at-all-fake Japanese film Big Tits Zombie might be dismissed by an American audience fed on the "Japan is weird" line as confirmation of their tar-brush beliefs. But surely, a cynical Western perspective must recognize blatant irony when it sees it.
