Songwriter in a Dangerous Time

Bruce Cockburn, one of my favorite songwriters and guitarists, is writing his memoir!Read more


World Cup 2010

I've never been a soccer fan.

But this preview just might make me one...Read more


Should Civil War Southerners be compared to Nazis? Andy Whitman responds.

My favorite music reviewer/columnist Andy Whitman writes about other things too, with just as much passion and insight. Read more


A Beginner's Guide to the Films of Jim Jarmusch

I've meant to write about the films of Jim Jarmusch for a long time. Read more


Name Your Elephant

Do you like chase scenes?

This is a story about a chase. It's a pursuit that's lasted for years. It involves a mysterious red elephant.Read more


What moment from The Hobbit are you most eager to see on the big screen?

Moviefone's "exclusive" is going to spread like wildfire, stoking the fires of expectation in Tolkien fans everywhere. <i>The Hobbit</i> screenplays (yes, plural) are written!

And yet, these two projects have yet to get the green light.

What moment from The Hobbit are you most eager to see on the big screen?Read more


Name That Upcoming Movie

"It's this little tiny story of a kid growing up in the 50s with a mother who's grace incarnate and a father who's oppressive in nature. So he is negotiating his way through it, defining who he's gonna be when he grows up. And that is juxtaposed with a little, tiny micro-story of the cosmos, from the beginning of the cosmos to the death of the cosmos."
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