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Why We Need To Put Pizzazz in Impeachment (and Rebuild America’s Educational System)

November 17, 2019

Shortly after the world changed on November 8, 2016, one of my no-longer-friends enthusiastically declared that we finally had a …

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FIT Screening Series Fall 2019: Hail Satan? with director Penny Lane / Oct. 22nd @ 6:30PM

October 14, 2019

Chronicling the extraordinary rise of one of the most colorful and controversial religious movements in American history, Hail Satan? is …

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Tarantino’s Love Letter to Trump

August 2, 2019

During his 2016 Presidential campaign, Donald Trump recycled a campaign slogan used several times before (by Ronald Reagan and Bill …

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How Madonna Became Gaga (and Gaga Became Stefani)

June 27, 2019

In 2010, Camille Paglia wrote an essay for The Sunday Times entitled “What’s Sex Got To Do With It?” Despite …

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Not Ready to Make Nice

June 1, 2019

I was told not to write this. I was told not to “pick a fight.” I was told to be …

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L.A. Private Eyes Launch Event This Week (and More!)

April 28, 2019

Dearest reader, My latest book, L.A. Private Eyes, examines the tradition of the private eye as it evolves in films, …

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“Mom, I am a rich man.”

April 18, 2019

I have daddy issues. My father was detached and disinterested (at best) for most of my childhood and adolescence before …

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Why Shrill Sabotages Its Own Empowerment Message

March 20, 2019

(If you plan to watch Shrill and care about spoilers, definitely don’t read this until after you’ve caught up.) Shrill, …

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The Problem with ‘A Star Is Born’

December 13, 2018

Warning: SPOILERS. Bradley Cooper and and Lady Gaga in a scene from A Star is Born, which Bradley Cooper also …

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A Case for Clemency: Why the Menendez Brothers Should Be Released

June 17, 2018

These days, the world feels crushingly bleak. There is no shortage of horror in our daily news, no shortage of …

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