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Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) is still shocking and more relevant than ever.
I applaud Bandcamp for drawing a boundary on what’s acceptable to their audience.
We’re living in a myth economy.
Taki, at 89, remains one of the wittiest writers working today. What year is it (#609)?
Inside Daisy Clover (1965), one of many forgotten Oscar movies.
The messy second season of Taylor Sheridan’s oil drama is redeemed by a strong finale.
Frances (1982), the first in a series of forgotten Oscar movies.
Let's imagine the "Tariff Dividend."
A Private Life is held together by Jodie Foster’s excellent performance.
Disney promised Prince Charming. Silicon Valley delivered.
A 1983 Interview Magazine interview with pop star Sting vs. a 2005 Art 21 interview with painter Susan Rothenberg.
Human nature seen through the lens of online chess.
Fat-free is out, beef and cheese are in.
Locked-in and locked-out.
Schizopolis is joyfully nonsensical masturbation.
I mean, for Christ’s sake.
Finding gifts in final moments.
The second season of HBO Max’s medical drama is just as confident as its predecessor, and potentially more loaded with purpose.
The stylized mystery A Private Life is more interested in the nature of death than the method of murder.
The ICE vanity project has become a necessary enforcer and mirror.
Haidt of hypocrisy, stars of Starfleet, boners of Savile, evaders of Epstein, gays of the Upside Down, fans of the Who, students of Plato, and more.
They’ll stop at nothing except destroying this country.
Another day of life at a retail music store.
The singer talks disillusionment, integrity, and his uneasy relationship with the music industry just as his band was splitting up.
The band play three songs earlier this month at Hey Sailor in Seaport, Maine.
The second side of 1971's Jack Johnson, with an unforgettable bassline by Michael Henderson.
The late singer performs with a full band at The Stone Pony in New Jersey in this recording from May 16, 2019.
The magician explains why Dylan is misunderstood by so many people.
The director of Exotica talks about Ingmar Bergman, Michael Haneke, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and more.
A very early performance by the band at the famous New York City no wave club on March 13, 1976.
The Blondie singer talks about punk fashion, Andy Warhol, Nan Goldin, and drugs in this new interview.
The CNN contributor talks about the left, the right, and Friedland's apparent difficulty booking guests.
New single from the upcoming solo album Play Me, out March 13 on Matador.
The band play "Sugar Magnolia," "Throwin' Stones," "Touch of Grey," and many more in this show from the San Francisco Civic Auditorium.