Robert E. Howard is likely more famous now as the creator and original author of Kull and Conan the Barbarian tales, though he missed out on...

This bracing long story by Anton Chekhov was a sensational controversy on first being published. Even Leo Tolstoy thought it was too mu...

USA, 90 minutes Director / writer: Preston Sturges Photography: John F. Seitz Music: Charles Bradshaw, Leo Shuken Editor: Stuar...

Admissions made freely: I have never seen the Big Brother reality TV show (let alone the UK version) nor have I explored the zombie genr...

Pity poor Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams and great-grandson of John Adams. Trapped in 19th-century egalitarian society, bur...

Some years ago I was reading along in the 2006 installment of the Da Capo Best Music Writing series, with selections in that volume by...

There's not a lot I can tell you about C.D. Heriot, the author of this somewhat obscure story. Wikipedia is silent on him (at least I be...

I circled back to this Greil Marcus cogitation because Rob Sheffield's Dreaming the Beatles reminded me of it. On the surface, bot...

USA, 120 minutes Director: David Fincher Writers: Aaron Sorkin, Ben Mezrich Photography: Jeff Cronenweth Music: Trent Reznor, A...

Did the pandemic end? This super-popular Netflix series, which I heard about from a number of uncommon sources, promised more of TV's bl...