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Jesus of Cool: John Hughes, Sixteen Candles, and a Kiss…of Death
If you were a GenXer coming of age in the 1980s, moviegoing meant heavy doses of Harrison Ford, too much Tom Cruise, an occasional journey into the unhinged eraserhead of David Lynch…and multitudes of
Read More »Political Culture: The Bush Administration’s Funny Games
Py Korry’s excellent piece the other day about the John Woo torture memo got me thinking about, of all things, a movie trailer that I saw repeatedly over the holidays while haunting the local
Read More »The Popdose Guide to Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith is arguably the most important folk-music artist of her generation. That statement is risky not so much because there are so many other contenders for the throne, but because we live in
Read More »Political Culture: Colbert/Stewart ’08 — Now More Than Ever
Forget Times Square, forget the BCS, forget Iowa, forget Dave and Jay’s returns last Wednesday: 2008 officially gets underway Monday night, when Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert return to Comedy Central. How they’ll fare
Read More »Political Culture: Will Hollywood Matter in 2008?
“Who cares what I think? I’m not the president. I’m just a storyteller, man.” So says Bob Dylan — or, at least, Cate Blanchett as Jude Quinn as Bob Dylan — in Todd Haynes’
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