Recent DVDs Columns

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Friday, October 31 2008

Robot Roll Call: Mystery Science Theater 3000

By Chris Barsanti

The 20th anniversary DVD release of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is less a greatest-hits package than a reminder of simple joys, like mocking lousy movies.

(more The Screener)

Wednesday, September 3 2008

Galaxy Rangers: No Guts, No Glory, No Clue

By Monte Williams

Having missed out on the show in its '80s heyday, a hapless Monte Williams shares his thoughts during his baffled first look at The Galaxy Rangers.

(more Lowbrow Literati)

Friday, August 29 2008

Katrin Cartlidge: The Working Actress

By Matt Mazur

Whether it was through silence, grotesquerie, fury or intelligence (or, at times, lack of intelligence), Cartlidge was not afraid to upturn the dark corners of the women she portrayed.

(more Suffragette City)

Friday, August 22 2008

Horrors in the Closet: Horrifying Heteronormative Scapegoating

By Marco Lanzagorta

The artificial connection between homosexuality and communism created the popular myth of evil and undetectable gay subversives living inside 1950s American society.

(more Dread Reckoning)

Friday, June 13 2008

The Incredible Hulk: Madly in Anger with You

By Monte Williams

With The Incredible Hulk ripping through movie screens in mind, Williams hunkers down on the couch with two silly, strangely stirring seasons of the TV show.

(more Lowbrow Literati)

Thursday, June 5 2008

Yes We Can Can

By Dan Nishimoto

The recent "censure" of The Boondocks demonstrates the difficulty art faces in raising a critical converation in a corporate setting. Considering hip-hop's deep embedding into corporate culture, how can radical change happen?

(more Call and Response)

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