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Eileen Jones’s Cinematic Life

Interviews
Few film critics writing today are as educated, prolific, or funny as Dr. Eileen Jones. A co-host with Dr. Dolores McElroy of the weekly podcast Filmsuck and the author of hundreds of articles about film and TV, notably for the left-wing periodical Jacobin, she is the film critic par excellence of the “age of crap cinema”. One of the most...
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Turin’s Big Brains and Deviant Apples

Italy
The other day I had an hour to kill in Turin’s Crocetta district, so I went to three museums in the same building—the “Luigi...
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Lost Cats and State Secrets in Vermont

Americas
“But…we’re in the middle of nowhere!” It was not the first time John had said those words nor would it be the last. The bus...
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Giants of Syracuse

Americas
Last year John and I spent a few weeks near Siracusa, the birthplace of Archimedes and site of a massive stone amphitheater where the...
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Buffalo and Bus Rage

Americas
The other day, we spent a night in downtown Buffalo. Perched on the eastern edge of Lake Erie, Buffalo is the second largest city...
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Upstate Idyll

Americas
    For the past few days we’ve been staying at a farmhouse in Upstate New York near Lake Ontario.  It’s green, humid and hot, surrounded...
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Report on the War Nerd Invasion

John
Last Monday was the night of ‘Radio War Nerd Invades Brooklyn’, the very first recording of the RWN podcast in front of a live...
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Radio War Nerd Invades Brooklyn

Americas
It’s one week until THE EVENT and I’m so excited I’m hyperventilating. To celebrate its 200th episode, Radio War Nerd is having a live...
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Moonstruck in Brooklyn Heights

Americas
Last week we joined our friends Jan and Alyssa for dinner and a twilight stroll around the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, directly across the...
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Land of Morning Calm on West 32nd

Americas
Someday I'd like to visit Korea. Its ancient culture has a particular air of mystique that is captured in its beautiful pottery, romantic landscapes...
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The Day I Did American Democracy

Americas
I’m a fan of Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist candidate for the US presidency in 2020. So, when I got an email from his...
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Fricking Art Central!

Americas
One of the great New York traditions that I wouldn’t have seen except for our friends Michael and Jenny is Shakespeare in the Park,...
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Selby Junior’s Sunset Park

Americas
Where we’re living now is not that rough, but you can sort of tell that it used to be. It’s the place Herbert Selby...
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