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If you live in a city- and more and more often, even if you don't- you're probably constantly befuddled by how expensive it is to live somewhere. Whether as a renter or as a prospective home buyer, with each passing year you feel 200 miles further away from ever affording a home. All the data, … Continue reading Push
It's virtually impossible to discuss Israel and Palestine without someone's emotions flaring up, no matter who or where you are. Even people who are neither Arab nor Jewish seem to have deeply held ideas about what's going on, casting judgement on "bad guys" and "good guys" without any firsthand experience of the situation. To attempt … Continue reading Gaza Calling
After all these years, Cuba remains a fascinating country that defies all stereotypes and simplistic narratives. More than China or Russia, it was founded on- and continues to run on- idealistic principles of equality and brotherhood that we often dream about but rarely see in action. On the other hand, it's full of problems, both … Continue reading Comandante
Yes, Hollywood is the capital of movie making in America... today. But when Thomas Edison's cinematic inventions kicked off America's love of film during the late 1800's, he inadvertently made New Jersey its birthplace. And while early movie studios started out in NYC, they soon realized that just across the river lay a much cheaper … Continue reading The Champion
Most likely, you're kind of like me when it comes to Little Richard: you grew up with his name floating around in the background of your music history knowledge: one of the rock n' roll pioneers, sang a few of those oldies you hear in movies sometimes, and you can probably guess that he got … Continue reading Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Anyone who remembers renting VHS movies at a local video store has, at some point in their life, asked themselves how certain movies sitting on that shelf ever got made. Even the crappiest movie you can think of cost so much time and money just to reach completion, and the mind boggles as it grapples … Continue reading Electric Boogaloo: the Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Whatever Greta Gerwig may have intended with her new Barbie movie, the upshot is that the film has single-handedly wiped away whatever anti-Barbie sentiment had been building up across six decades' worth of young girls growing up with distorted ideas of what their bodies should look like as adults. Tall, blonde, and with breasts that … Continue reading Superstar: the Karen Carpenter Story
The great Ken Loach usually makes neorealist dramas that feel like documentaries, but with The Spirit of '45, he actually gives us a documentary about a movement in England that clearly informed Loach's entire life and career. Between WWI and WWII, England, like much of the Western World, suffered through an economic slump that makes … Continue reading The Spirit of ’45
Hopefully, you are aware that there's a lot more to comic books than Spiderman and Batman. But if you don't, consider yourself lucky- there's an entire world of art out there ready for you to explore. American Comics may still be linked with caped crusaders in the minds of many, but around the world, the … Continue reading Will Eisner – Profession: Cartoonist
Symbols are such strange, odd things- nothing more than a squiggle or a doodle, they nevertheless hold sway over the human beings who believe in them. Be it a flag or an icon, symbols trigger emotions, start wars, rally people to a cause. We Westerners living on the chunk of dirt called America don't think … Continue reading We Don’t Need a Map
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