Star 80
A 1983 movie starring Eric Roberts and Mariel Hemingway looks at the death of a playmate.Continue readingStar 80
Atlantic City – a strange co-production and an essential ’80s movie
A France-Canada co-production from 1980 starring Susan Sarandon and Burt Lancaster.Continue readingAtlantic City – a strange co-production and an essential…
The Best American Short Stories 2011
Review of book two of the 2013 project 52 Books.Continue readingThe Best American Short Stories 2011
‘It’s like an episode of The Love Boat’
The occasionally amusing Patton Oswalt on filming Blade: Trinity in Vancouver. Continue reading‘It’s like an episode of The Love Boat’
Building Stories is alt-comics cartoonist Chris Ware’s mainstream break-through
Interview—Chris Ware on 'Building Stories' Once in awhile, a graphic novel or other comics-related product appears that can't be ignored.…
Vancouver vocal trio makes an appearance in ‘book of raunch’
Vancouver band the Be Good Tanyas make an appearance in House of Holes.Continue readingVancouver vocal trio makes an appearance in…
Michael Chabon on Nicholas Meyer and Walter Tevis
An excerpt of an interview with Michael Chabon, author of Telegraph Avenue.Continue readingMichael Chabon on Nicholas Meyer and Walter Tevis
It’s always 1990 somewhere
A reunited Jane's Addiction touring in support of ball-gags, Dobel tequila and the buy-Dave-Navarro-a-shirt fund.Continue readingIt’s always 1990 somewhere
Chris Rock’s declaration of culture war elicits howl of rage
Chris Rock claims Grown Ups, his 2010 comedy with Adam Sandler, is better than The Artist, the winner of the…
New York Times describes Moxy Fruvous as ‘witty’
The paper interviews Purity Ring, calls Moxy Fruvous "witty". Continue readingNew York Times describes Moxy Fruvous as ‘witty’