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On stewardship, memories, and hope.
A 2003 Jon Cates interview with video artist Dan Sandin vs. a 2023 The Great Discontent interview with multidisciplinary artist Beatie Wolfe.
The Accountant 2 takes Ben Affleck further away from Boston than any other movie.
Dr. Martin Luther Brooks, haltingly, calls for an American “uprising.” What year is it (#555)?
One to One: John & Yoko is a fine archival documentary on the couple’s turbulent first 18 months in New York.
The Legend of Ochi is a shameless knockoff of E.T.
What can be done to stop Big Pharma’s influence?
The Devil’s Drug isn't a textbook, it's a series of misadventures about crazy people all over the world.
Towards the King of All Brooklyn Buildings.
Dying for Sex is a cancer-centric dramedy that’s refreshingly devoid of sentiment, but repetitive in its execution.
In leaving Tilghman, I’ll miss Elaine the most.
Does an A-List director have what it takes to direct this rooster?
A Philadelphia Phillies diehard turns to gluttony when his team’s in the dumps.
Why everything feels so hard.
The clairvoyance of a true poet.
New book The Line: AI & the Future Of Personhood by James Boyle explores the future of AI.
Finally answering the right questions.
Thirty years ago, Clueless offered an exciting future for high school comedies through literary allusions and cultural specificity.
If religion or equality can become partisan politics, why not a century-old science-dictatorship?
The economic mess made by John Maynard Keynes.
It’s time to select God’s franchise player.
De Palma’s masterpiece of incoherent sleaze.
Everything exists in a mysterious cosmic state of being.
Emergency executive powers show that the form of government of the United States isn’t what it purports to be.
Quentin Tarantino and the cast of Reservoir Dogs answer questions about the film near the beginning of the writer-director's career.
A compilation of news footage and archival clips from 1990s Baltimore.
Full album by the late jazz-funk musician.
The cinematographer talks about his work with Wes Anderson on the 2014 film.
The noted conservative talks to Maher about America, religion, and more in this candid conversation.
The actors talk about their religion in this talk show from the 1980s.
Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker talk about their work on 1980's Raging Bull.
The first recordings by the late singer songwriter.
The actor talks about the audition process and more in this interview recorded at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
The actor talks candidly about his alcoholism and his return to the stage with Equus.
Full album by the late singer/songwriter.