Wednesday, July 6 2011
Discover a Hero in ‘Cedar Rapids’
What's at first blush a light-hearted comedy is actually a much more profound tale.
Tuesday, June 14 2011
The Changing Nature of the Nature of Art
As artists have become less concerned with telling stories and more concerned with creating emotional connections and mimicking experiences, art has shifted from creating beauty to expressing the heady nature of 'truth'.
Monday, March 28 2011
National Theatre Live Shocks ‘Frankenstein’ Back to Life
Why did you create me? The plaintive question adorning National Theatre Live posters may echo critics’ question about the need for yet another in a long line of Frankensteins. Previous Frankensteins and monsters have been entertaining but less socially relevant. The National Theatre’s production, as directed by Oscar-winner Danny Boyle, to use a cliché, is Alive!
Wednesday, December 8 2010
‘Eyes Wide Open’ Fails to See Clearly
Aaron’s love affair with Ezri, while pragmatically touching, appears to come about more as a means to ignite the fires (or rebel) from societal standards then to derive genuine affection.
Thursday, November 11 2010
The Top Ten Pop Culture Podcasts
The exhilarating world of podcasting opens up new opportunities for pop culture analysis in the relatively young medium. Here is a list of ten particularly rewarding podcasts covering the worlds of film, television, music, and literature.
Thursday, October 14 2010
Woodsman’s “When the Morning Comes” (MP3 / video / tour)
The Denver quartet has a penchant for freaking all of us out pretty good.
Friday, July 30 2010
Barbequing with Legends: Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek on Cinema, Cinephilia and Good-Looking Shoes
On the eve of the release of Get Low, PopMatters talks with film legends Sissy Spacek and Robert Duvall about food criticism (sort of), film critics (without mentioning any, ahem, names), and of course, cute shoes (and a few other things).
