‘The Chamber’ Keeps the Drama and Suspense Going
The Chamber is the filmic equivalent of a fairground ride, the stimulation of emotion over ideas.
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Even Orwell Can’t Get Us Through a Trump Presidency
There's nothing about Trump and his splenetic short-attention-span nature that speaks to the cold and calculating mindset of the capable authoritarian.
Pre-POTUS Love: Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers and ‘Southside With You’
Actors Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers talk about what it's like to step into the shoes of Barack and Michelle Obama.
In Brodsky’s ‘The Immortals’, Greek Mythology Is a Sculptural Tool (Sponsored Article)
Like the surreal, dreamlike romance of Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus, the immortals of Brodsky’s world wander throughout cities, caught between their ethereal origins and the gritty realism of their oneiric existence.
Betsy Palmer: The Ultimate Horror Badass
In remembrance of her amazing career and importance to horror fans everywhere, we offer this look back at Betsy Palmer (1926 - 2015) and the film that made her a legend.
As the Death Knell for the Oscars Resounded in Our Ears, the Academy Did Little to Stop the Eulogy
Oscars 2015 reminded everyone that while there's room for massive improvement, the AMPAS is at least capable of some self-reflection and response to criticism.
The 2009 Book that Foretold the (Possible) Collapse of Post-American Iraq
Thomas Ricks's 2009 book The Gamble predicted that the 'surge' was far from the end of the Iraq War.
Joe Strummer: Punk-Rock Shapeshifter
Joe Strummer cycled through a wardrobe's worth of personas in his career; but it never changed his fundamental authenticity or optimism.
Dublin Writers Festival 2014: Where the Disappeared Lie
These two events grappled energetically with Ireland’s scruffily banging-through post-Celtic Tiger present and the not-so-buried wounds of its terrorized past.
Dublin Writers Festival 2014: The State of Crime
This packed-room symposium quickly turned from three writers talking about their novels to a thoughtful state of the union on the purposes and thrills of modern crime fiction.
Dublin Writers Festival 2014: On Making Artful Fiction Out of History
Little can put you more in the proper mood for book-minded conversation than the faint drizzle and grey skies of Ireland.