Politicizing reviews

By Jul 21,2008

Politicizing reviews

Christian Hamaker, over at the Arts and Faith message board, suggests I’m veering towards Stevens-territory in my blog post on The Dark Knight from late last week. In other words,...

By Jul 21,2008

Manliness

Dig back through my archives to see a premonition of this piece at AlterNet, “Are Men Having an Identity Crisis?” Me then: Seth Rogen’s chubby frat boy, Steve Carell’s needy...

By Jul 20,2008

News Flash

Psychology without Freud, economics without Marx, philosophy without Hegel: For disciplinary cheerleaders, this confirms intellectual progress. The cloudy old thinkers have made way for new scientific researchers. But at what...

By Jul 18,2008

Children at the theater

Over at CNN’s entertainment blog, Audrey Irvine is complaining about children at the theater: So consider this. You’ve paid $9 (or more) for the ticket, $4 for the popcorn and...