God bless the 1990s because no one else will

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...

w/criticism, but you should read the book: I had the vertiginous experience of reading Gavin...

from the Brennan Center, possibly via Radley Balko or PrisonCulture: It is far too early,...

I just re-read The Liar, Stephen Fry's 1991 debut novel, and it's still the funniest...

sort of.

Some thoughts about Monster, the based-on-a-true-story in which Charlize Theron plays Aileen Wuornos, the so-called...