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Friday, January 29 2010

Haiti Relief Benefit: 23 January 2010 - New York

The well-rounded night of laughter and amazing music raised at least $20,000 for the Red Cross, which is very respectable for the three and a half hour showcase.


Thursday, January 15 2009

The Best Of Dr. Katz

There aren’t many DVDs that can offer such a variety of established comics doing what they do best.


Monday, August 4 2008

Permanent Midnight

Essentially a collection of wild anecdotes from real-life television writer Jerry Stahl, this is designed to impress rather than express.


Thursday, March 6 2008

The Independent

Predating Tarantino and Rodriguez’s Grindhouse by seven years, this small film makes excellent use of poor production values, bad acting, and outlandish plots to create authentic-looking schlock.


Friday, January 11 2008

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.


Tuesday, November 27 2007

Ratatouille

Ratatouille is wholesome entertainment that everyone's going to be happy with because it pulls off the feat of managing to be hilarious and engaging while offending pretty much nobody.


Wednesday, October 10 2007

Part 3 - The New Networks

It would never work... no one challenged the reigning broadcast junta and survived. No surprise then that the upstarts snuck in and changed the face of TV forever.


Monday, July 2 2007

Stand-up comic rats on the making of ‘Ratatouille’


Friday, June 29 2007

Ratatouille (2007)

Like the gourmet food it so exquisitely renders, one fears that the sensational Ratatouille will end up being a decidedly acquired commercial taste.


Ratatouille (2007)

The exuberant voice performances in Ratatouille immerse the audience in its world, one enhanced by richly-colored, sophisticated animation and a lively score.


Monkey Business (Part 2: June) (Features) [2.May.07]
The West Wing (Reviews) [16.Nov.05]
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Wet Hot American Summer (2001) (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
Titan A.E. (2000) (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
Steal This Movie! (2000) (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
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  12. Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas (Reviews)
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  15. “Don’t Let Me Fall”: Hip-Hop in the Age of Austerity (Features)
  16. Tower Songs: Townes Van Zandt (Columns)
  17. Black Bananas: Rad Times Xpress IV (Reviews)
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  19. Paul McCartney: Kisses on the Bottom (Reviews)
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  21. Counterbalance No. 67: John Coltrane’s 'A Love Supreme' (Sound Affects)
  22. The 10 Best John Coltrane Solos (Sound Affects)
  23. A Look to the Past, An Insight Into the Present: The Use of Gender in 'Mad Men' (Features)
  24. Nick Cave’s The Death of Bunny Munro: A Rock Star’s Midlife Crisis or Valid Literature? (Features)
  25. A Tale of How Great Journalism Became Revisionist History: Grambling State U Football (Columns)
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  27. Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral (Reviews)
  28. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - "Heart Attack" (Cosmic Kids Remix) (PopMatters Premiere) (Mixed Media)
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  30. After Cease to Exist: The Far-from-Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (Features)
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