By: Jay Abbondanza The following is an excerpt from a letter written to George Lucas by a beneficiary of his Edutopia foundation. A foundation dedicated to the improvement of education…
By: Jay Abbondanza The film Bellflower has stayed with me for weeks. I can’t escape the images. I relive the feelings of the characters. When I look back on what…
By: Matthew Schonfeld The Grammy Awards have a history of snubbing prolific albums. Their chosen nominees and winners are often arbitrary and highly subjective. And while I would love to…
In honor of the most contrived and condescending annual observation, Black History Month, we’ll be bringing you some classic art, film, music and literature from the souls of black folk.…
By: Jay Abbondanza I’m simple. Pavlov’s dogs ain’t got shit on me. If I’m watching a movie trailer and I hear Kanye West, I begin salivating. Without fail I will…
By: H. Drew Blackburn Dramas, (or films with an overall goal to be an ambitious drama detailing and dissecting life) have the tendency to provide bleak portraits of (wo)man. From time…
By: H. Drew Blackburn & Jay Abbondanza H. Drew: Ah; the Oscars. The Oscars are the most important awards show on planet America and oddly enough they hardly make much…
When one watches movies as often as I do, you stop getting lost in the moment. You start to appreciate the novel aspects of what you’re seeing. People like me…
By: Angela Oh “The more you read, though, the more you’ll see that literature is actually about losers… It’s consolation. All literature is consolation,” says Dakin, played by Dominic Cooper…
By: Louis Cheslaw When I think of conditioner what springs to mind is the post shampoo softening stuff that can so easily cause excruciating pain when it gets into one’s…
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