Friday, October 28 2011
‘1Q84’: A World that Bears a Question
Huraki Murakami is stretching himself to create a sort of hybrid between his humourous and off-beat slipstream novels and the aching and yearning of romance that permeates his more mainstream stuff.
Monday, October 3 2011
“Red Hood & the Outlaws” is Editor’s Choice of DC’s New 52
Red Hood & the Outlaws is the pick of DC's relaunch. Here's why.
Monday, September 27 2010
Masters of the Universe: Oliver Stone’s ‘Wall Street’
In his desire to trump his upper crust "superiors", Gekko's personal ethic could be read as a perverted, ultimately hypocritical form of populist revolt.
Thursday, February 25 2010
The Soul At Work: From Alienation to Autonomy by Franco “Bifo” Berardi
This is dazzling, Rubik’s Cube-like prose, with slowly twisting neologisms and bits of theory coming together in creative ways.
Friday, October 9 2009
White Noise in the Kitchen Supplies Aisle
Postmodernism in the 21st Century: Coming Soon to a Grocery Store Near You!
Monday, October 13 2008
Wario Land: Shake It!
Wario Land: Shake It! may be the best post-modern video game ever.
Thursday, July 5 2007
The Age of Huts (compleat) by Ron Silliman
If The Age of Huts provides any indication, we're witnessing the development of what is sure to be a defining literary project of the postmodern era.
Tuesday, June 5 2007
Billy Jack, the Original Blockbuster
Through the era-defining "Billy Jack" character, director Tom Laughlin pushed the outlandish, over-the-top event movie into the motion picture mainstream.
Thursday, May 24 2007
New Cultural Studies by Gary Hall and Clare Birchall [Editors]
As a discipline, it's a bit like a sandwich left out for an hour; you come back to it, and it's already stale.
Wednesday, April 25 2007
Camille Paglia, defender of the West
What galls Dr. Paglia is that the politics of leveling is compromising scholarship.
