Month: October 2018

CREATORS Education FILM TELEVISION Writers 

William Shakespeare: Tool Of The Patriarchy

October 22, 2018 Mia McCullough 2 Comments Anthony Hopkins, education, Emma Thompson, King Lear, patriarchy, William Shakespeare

How About Studying Other Playwrights For A Change?

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TELEVISION 

What Does Anne Know about that Helicopter?!?!

October 21, 2018October 22, 2018 Rebecca Kurson 0 Comments Arat, Cyndie, Deanna, Maggie, Michonne, Walking Dead Season Nine

Walking Dead Season 9, ep 3: ‘Warning Signs’

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FILM 

The Cutest Little Skate Rat

October 19, 2018 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Jonah Hill, Mid90s, Sunny Suljic

Jonah Hill’s ‘Mid90s’ Is Gritty And Charming

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DOCUMENTARY FILM 

‘Free Solo’ is The Feel-Good, Pants-Shittingly Terrifying Documentary of The Year

October 19, 2018 Jason Avant 0 Comments Alex Honnold, El Capitan, Free Solo

See It Without Safety Equipment At Your Own Risk

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FILM 

‘Halloween’: Not Scary

October 19, 2018 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Laurie Strode, Michael Myers

Unless You’re Frightened By Self-Referential Irony

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FILM 

‘The Hate U Give’ Gives A Lot Of Love

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Amandla Sternberg, Anthony Mackie, Audrey Wells, Common, Eric Garner, George Tillman, Jr., Kendrick Lamar, Matt Taibbi, Monsters And Men, Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give, Travis Scott, Tupac

A Real Teen Hero Rises

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Remembrance Writers 

Rashod Ollison Has Died

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 James Porter 0 Comments Al Green, Alice Walker, Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Nikki Giovanni, Rashod Ollison, SOUL SERENADE, Toni Morrison

Virginia journalist, critic and author remembered by friend he inspired

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NON-FICTION 

The Ravenously-Engaged Nonfiction Of Wednesday Martin

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Vanessa Grigoriadis 0 Comments female sexuality, sex, Untrue, Wednesday Martin

A Brave New World Of Female-Centered Desire

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FICTION Humor 

Lives Of Loud Desperation

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Rob Kutner 0 Comments Evel Knievel, Mike Sacks, Randy, Smokey And The Bandit, Stinker Lets Loose

The Immature Heroes Of Mike Sacks’ Hilarious Parody Novels

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NON-FICTION 

Check Out ‘The Library Book’

October 16, 2018 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Frederick Wiseman, libraries, Library Book, Rin Tin Tin, Susan Orlean, The Orchid Thief

Susan Orlean’s Long-Overdue Celebration Of The Public Library

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TELEVISION 

The Return Of ‘Harvey Birdman’

October 16, 2018 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Adult Swim, Gary Cole, Harvey Birdman, Jill Stein, John Michael Higgins, Paget Brewster, Rick And Morty, Stephen Colbert

It’s A Better Country, Slightly, With Him Around

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DOCUMENTARY FICTION FILM 

How Close Are We To Dystopia? Despite What Michael Moore Says, Not Very.

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 Michael Washburn 0 Comments 1984, Christopher Hitchens, Donald Trump, dystopia, fascism, George Orwell, Hitler, Michael Moore, Odon von Horvath, The Age Of The Fish

A Novel By an Avant-Garde Genius Of The 1930s Offers Clarity

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CREATORS Writers 

Kanye West Didn’t Ruin Your Literary Career

October 15, 2018 Ann Sterzinger 1 Comment #MAGA, books, Donald Trump, Kanye West, literary scene

Don’t Blame Yeezy If Your Books Are Boring

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TELEVISION 

Walking Dead Women: Michonne and Maggie as Bridge Builders

October 15, 2018 Rebecca Kurson 0 Comments 'The Bridge', Deanna, Episode Two, Maggie, Michonne, Walking Dead Season Nine

Season Nine, Episode Two: ‘The Bridge’

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FILM 

‘Bad Times At The El Royale’

October 14, 2018October 14, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Bad Times At The El Royale, Chris Hemsworth, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Drew Goddard, Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm

Despite Mindless Ahistorical Hipster Violence, The Dude Abides

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