Positively Tripping with Michael Pollan
That a highly respected professor would take a variety of illegal drugs so he can tell the rest of us what we're missing is a pretty enticing project.
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Running is a disconcerting, moving, and ultimately treasurable novel whose rich, lived-in world and remarkably complex and empathetic protagonists remain alluring from start to finish.
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Changing Lanes with John Waters
To most, hitchhiking is a terrifying risk taken by the desperate or insane. This makes it a perfect subject for John Waters’ latest book, Carsick.
11 Sep 2014
Mac Miller: Faces
Mac Miller continues on his path following money, fame, drugs and alcohol, while writing some clever, craftily worded lyrics along the way.
21 Jul 2014
'Psychedelia' Is All You Can Imagine, and Then Some
As a diligent guide through psychedelia in theory and practice, Patrick Lundborg moves forward in time and space. But like his swirling subject, he cannot help pursuing byways, tracking trains of thought, and wandering off on rewarding detours.
06 Feb 2013
Tears in Rain: 'Blade Runner' and Philip K. Dick's Legacy in Film
Thirty years after the release of Blade Runner, with a remake of Total Recall on the horizon, the work of Philip K. Dick continues to find its way into our cinemas and minds. How did the visions of a paranoid loner become the most relevant science fiction of our time?
26 Jul 2012
Paradise Who? 'Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Eden'
The story's anti-drug message pops up from time to time, but thankfully, it never devolves into a shot of the Doctor sitting on a stool and addressing the viewers at home.
31 May 2012
'I Melt With You' Shows Men as the Ultimate Worst Caricatures of Themselves
If you were ever curious as to what The Hangover would look like without an ounce of comedy applied, look no further than I Melt With You.
27 Feb 2012
Next Stop: Marijuanaland
Inside the making of Jonah Raskin’s journey through California’s Emerald Triangle -- one of the main fronts of the global drug war. Raskin not only describes himself as a chronicler of marijuana, but also a smoker who has a medical marijuana card.
05 Sep 2011
'El Sicario' Neither Repulses nor Surprises
For good reason, there's a $250,000 bounty on the head of the eponymous sicario, who believes he has been chosen by God to educate others about the lengths to which the Juárez and Sinaloa cartels will go to gain control of the plaza.
14 Aug 2011
Know Your Mushrooms
While still worth the time because of its unique subject matter, this is the rare DVD where the extras are more entertaining than the feature.
18 Jan 2010
Cheech and Chong: Still Smokin': I Love the 80's edtion
In short, this is among the least funny films you will ever see. This is in and of itself quite a serious problem for a comedy, but it gets worse.
01 Mar 2009
"All I Ever Wanted Was to Control My Own Life": An Interview with Chuck Klosterman
Cultural critic Chuck Klosterman talks with PopMatters about his new book, Downtown Owl, his regrets about an old one, and that he might next get into making documentary films.
21 Sep 2008
E: The Incredibly Strange History of Ecstasy by Tim Pilcher
There is much to be learned about this little pill, and it is a comfort knowing that everyone -- raver or non-raver, pill-popper or anti-drug -- is able to, in their own way, "keep it real".
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