Everybody gets old, but some before others.
All tagged pop culture
There are two kinds of people in publishing: 1) James Patterson and 2) desperate loons. This books will reveal to you which one you are.
Our action heroes are inferior to those of the eighties and nineties and we’re (partly) to blame for that.
Three ways Den of Thieves fail to live up to Heat, the movie it’s blatantly ripping off.
Should a competent movie about the most incompetent movie of all-time be called a success?
Is our collective obsession with the quintessential space opera ours or a fabrication of neoliberalism?
Maddox made his name for being an incendiary provocateur, but F*ck Whales shows he's much more than that. By far his smartest and most mature work.
Award-winning author Sam Wiebe drops by to talk about a Lawrence Block short story he particularly likes: Batman's Helpers, which conveys a lot more of social commentary than some mainstream literary fiction does.
The collected list of the thirteen longform essays I wrote in 2017. The subjects range from Taylor Swift to why hosting a criticism blog in 2018.
I miss reading David Foster Wallace, so I bought this book hoping to find a little, tiny piece of that spark again.
The movie about the McDonald's guy The Founder is a noxious piece of shit, but maybe not for the reasons you think... Starring Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman and professional what's-his-face guy John Carroll Lynch. Directed by John Lee Hancock. Written by Robert Siegel.
Dead End Follies turned eight years old while I was in Spain, last week. What the hell have I been doing all this time? Consider this my manifesto.
Father John Misty is one of the most unique performing artists out there and his latest album Pure Comedy is one of the most uncompromising iteration of his artistic endeavor.
What is the most important song in your life? Not the most meaningful, but the most IMPORTANT. Read this essay to learn how to define "important" and "meaningful."
A review of Chuck Klosterman's upcoming essay collection X : A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century. Klosterman got from great to masterful a couple years ago and he takes a step further here.
This is Horror's Bob Pastorella was kind enough to visit us and drop some insight on the resurgence of cosmic horror in contemporary culture in a special episode of Embracing the Cold, Desolate Cosmos.
There is no such thing as mindless entertainment. It's a comforting thought because it absolves you of any responsibility as an audience, but it's a lie. Take ownership of what you're watching!
