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Haley Barbour As Mayor of “Jaws” Amity Island
Posted on June 6, 2010 | 3 CommentsMississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is saying the Gulf oil spill is overblown and that sensational reporting is destroying Gulf Coast tourism. Who does this remind us of? Maybe the best... -
Broken Embraces: a love affair with the films of Almodovar
Posted on June 1, 2010 | 4 CommentsMy love affair with the films of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar began when I was 14 years old. That summer, my mother, stepfather and I went to see Tie Me... -
Lindsay Lohan, Tracy Morgan and the SCRAM Bracelet
Posted on May 25, 2010 | 2 CommentsLindsay Lohan–looking like the posterchild for eyelash extensions–was in court yesterday to receive bail conditions for alchohol-related offenses. Lohan is perhaps best-known for her role in the film Mean Girls... -
“Recollections of a Pioneer”
Posted on May 4, 2010 | 1 CommentI have been going out to the Big Bend area for many years, largely as a member of a group of high school friends who began to camp and backpack... -
Ikea Nesting Instinct: Scene from Fight Club
Posted on April 7, 2010 | No Comments“I’d flip through catalogues and wonder, ‘What kind of dining set defines me as a person?’” -
Kathryn Bigelow Will Tell You What To Do
Posted on March 5, 2010 | 5 CommentsOr, WHY I LOVE K.BIG The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathyrn Bigelow, has been nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture. Point Break, directed by Kathryn... -
Clockwork Orange Grove: England’s New Industry of Control
Posted on February 28, 2010 | 2 CommentsBack in 1971 Stanley Kubrick’s film, A Clockwork Orange, startled American audiences with its graphic violence and disturbing, anti-authoritarian message. Kubrick’s film version of the Anthony Burgess book was, in... -
Love/Hate vs. True Love
Posted on February 9, 2010 | No CommentsGrowing up, I used to play over and over the scene from Spike Lee’s DO THE RIGHT THING in which Radio Rayhem bumps into Mookie on the street. When Mookie... -
The “Miranda” Blessing for Corporations
Posted on January 27, 2010 | No CommentsYou have the right to spend billions in the public sphere, silencing the voices of individual Americans. Anything you can say or do politically to further your private corporate interests... -
Some Of The Drops Sparkle
Posted on January 23, 2010 | 2 CommentsIn the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to allow corporations to spend unlimited sums on political candidates, I was asked by a reader worried about the future of American...