America’s futuristic portrait is super funny
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The lengthy process of turning obsession into art
When was the last time you were truly and utterly obsessed with something? Not interested, not fascinated, but…
Tarantino strikes with “great vengeance and furious anger”
Sometime in January, Quentin Tarantino’s new screenplay The Hateful Eight was leaked online. Tarantino’s temper, which rivals that…
What’s lurking in your bathroom?
When most people think about horror movies, their minds conjure up images of deranged serial killers, fearsome monsters…
An invisible romance with a most visible man
We all have secrets. For Charles Dickens, famed writer and literary genius, that secret was his love affair…
“A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down”
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Existentialism and diseases of the flesh can only mean it’s Cronenberg
David Cronenberg is what you get when you fuse a brilliant filmmaker with a mad scientist. The celebrated…
Letting loose the green-eyed monster within
Here is the perfect setup for a Shakespearean fall like no other — a Venetian general who had…
On the front lines of a revolution
Egypt. The cradle of civilization. The mother of the world. Arguably the most influential country in the Arab…
Wandering across the landscape of loss, going down the rabbit hole
Halloween is a time to revel in all things spooky, scary and unnatural. But for most people the…
A life with Lennon, Warhol and Bjork is quite ordinary
Imagine your life was put in front of a camera for 365 days. Would it be entertaining or…