God bless the 1990s because no one else will

I recently revisited the immensely pleasurable 2002 comedy Barbershop, set in pretty much the year...

There are three signs posted up in the gay bar we see in Paul Bogart's...

So after Revoice ended, a couple of us were still high on the excitement and...

When I was in fifth grade my family and I moved briefly to Santa Monica...

Some personal news: Christ is risen! Holy Thursday: I avoided the Triduum services at my...

Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a straightforward rise-and-fall tale. Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy), a...

at The Week: Any book titled Against Memoir will inevitably be a descent into the...

Scarface: Slinky, sleazy Paul Muni. I guess it's ok to totally glamorize murder if you...

at First Things. And I did an extended twitter thread of notes, outtakes, and skating...

I've been doing a thing where I bring various periods of my life, and the...

Films first. Poltergeist: The last movie I saw before my (successful, thank you St Lucy)...

A couple quick hits before we move to our main event, viz. a trip back...

In the order I saw them. Saving the best for last. Hush: Home-invasion horror centering...

together! The third season of Bojack Horseman arrived the same day the long-awaited Absolutely Fabulous:...

here you go: Ravelstein, Saul Bellow’s roman à clef about the last years of philosopher-provocateur...

In preparation for this exhibit at the Anacostia Museum I've been reading about my hometown's...

"The Myth that Fewer People Are Going to Prison": John Pfaff, a legal scholar at...

A very small thought about this review of several "young evangelical memoirs." So first, there's...

In the continuing saga of am I the only person who remembers the '90s, seriously...

Despite the title, spooky cover, and synopsis (ARE OUR TEENS IN A WITCH SEX CULT?...

for AmCon: I spent last weekend at the Gay Christian Network Conference in Houston, and...

so I don't have to. He makes his point in his characteristically careful, suggestive style,...

a window into my id? via Simone R, back in 1993. Oh those bygone days!

What about legacy. Does that matter to you? No. I already have a legacy and...

First up, a couple horror flicks; then a WWII documentary covertly filmed behind Fascist lines...

One reason I loved the Mountain Goats' new album Beat the Champ so much is...

One reason I love the Weakerthans is that their songs are set in their hometown....

This is just a quick Saturdayish post to say that ABC's new sitcom "Fresh Off...

What I've been watching. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Actually pretty fun, once you...

Marion Barry, RIP. Look, Barry started out as a civil-rights organizer throwing block parties in...