That mother! is a Biblical allegory is beyond obvious to anyone who paid attention in Sunday school for five minutes.
Saying What Needs to be Said, a Loving Letter to Republicans
We want you to be a part of this conversation. We value your insight and experience, and if you can find your bearings again, we will value your leadership.
We want you to be a part of this conversation. We value your insight and experience, and if you can find your bearings again, we will value your leadership.
Playing Chicken: Are You Man Enough to Take Fury Road?
The fight over the new Mad Max is about more than sand-box rage.
Mad Maxine! Fury Road puts the Goddess in the Driver’s Seat
Fury Road gives us the greatest action hero in years, but it’s not Max. It’s Furiosa.
The Dysfunctional Male Ghost in the Machine
Alex Garland’s Ex Machina examines the collision of technology and sexual dysfunction.
Director Noah Baumbach is an Equal Opportunity Satirist
The insightful comedy While We’re Young takes aim at multiple generation gaps.
Harry Nilsson: The Legacy of “The American Beatle”
His talent was too big for just one genre or role, and he set the bar a little higher for everything he did (except Dracula.)
Merchants of Doubt Gives New Meaning to “Sold Out”
As this new documentary demonstrates, to get the devil’s dollars one must first align with the devil’s agenda.
The Wrecking Crew – It’s Time to Sing the Unsung Heroes
What do Glen Campbell, Leon Russell, Hal Blain, and Ray Pohlman have in common?
John Boorman’s Real Queen & Country: A Cinematic Master Brings the Love Home
Likely to be Boorman’s last film, the sequel to Hope and Glory shows us love and war through the prism of a non-conforming, love-struck Bill Rohan.
The Theory of (Overcoming) Everything – Interview with Eddie Redmayne
For men, overcoming adversity is supposedly a rite of passage. Steven Wagner tests that theory, and finds the answer is in the essence.
For men, overcoming adversity is supposedly a rite of passage. Steven Wagner tests that theory, and finds the answer is in the essence.
I Do Believe She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry
A spirited interview with filmmaker Mary Dore inspires Steven Wagner to compare the early feminists to the Iroquois “Council of Grandmothers.”
Blockbusters: Junk Food, or Essential Nutrition?
Are blockbuster movies really inferior, high grossing, cheap thrills? Or do they put us in touch with something we need to feel?
No Oscar for Selma? I Snub You Are, But What am I?
The real slap in the face is that Selma is clearly one of the best films of the year, and everyone knows it.