Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
“Living is an adventure and a challenge…If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.” Opening with the words of the great jazz musician himself, the tone is set for Stanley...
Category: Entertainment
Strangers With Candy is Still Ridiculous (and Relevant) at 20
Comedy Central’s riotously weird series Strangers With Candy—which lasted for three seasons, until it was cancelled in favor of a show called Strip Mall—turns 20 this year. As a millennial,...
Missing Sharknado? This Shark Week, let us introduce you to…X-Headed Shark Attack
Shipmates, the shark days of summer are upon us once again! This year’s 31st annual celebration is shaping up to be a banger and we ain’t done yet. But something feels a little… off this year....
I can’t stop thinking about Midsommar
Ari Aster’s Midsommar begins, ends, and is punctuated with screaming. Screaming in films is generally a sign of catharsis, right? Sure. Well, and abject horror. Midsommar gives us both, of course....
What Vince McMahon’s Hostile Takeover of Wrestling Tells Us About Donald Trump’s Hostile Takeover of National Politics
A rich rebel from a wealthy family breaks down all governing norms. He shocks his competition by doing everything you’re not “supposed” to do, all while wielding a new medium they don’t fully...
Lupin III is my holiday weekend binge of choice. Join me.
Man, another year, another Independence Day weekend with no Twilight Zone marathon. What the heck does cable expect us to do with ourselves? My determination to avoid the sweet, sultry, Southern...
Life is Strange 2: A Sad And Unfortunate American Story
Life is Strange 2 isn’t finished yet, but already it’s something I think will be looked back on as something pretty special. I can’t think of a game that has captured the indie film feel in...
Greta Schiller, “Before Stonewall”
“I made a whole film, Paris Was a Woman, about lesbians in Paris between the wars. Now we have the internet, and the communication on the web, and people can fly places, and you can live...
Unpopular Opinion: Black Mirror is Not Good, and Its Fifth Season Proves That
This review contains spoilers for several episodes of Black Mirror Did you know that technology is bad? Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker wants you to know that it is! His critically acclaimed and...
5 things I’m watching to celebrate Pride this year
Y’all ready to watch something besides a race of drag for LGBTQ+ Pride this year? Not gonna lie, each year Pride gets harder and harder. When your community is being decimated and there are several...