For Your Consideration: Hell or High Water
by: Michael Shields Making the case for David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water to win 2016’s Best Picture… There…
Tom Mandel, Part One
by: Tom Mandel Header art, entitled “Rudie Can’t Fail,” by: Jim Flahaven About the disconnections that plague our current…
For Your Consideration: Silence
by: Douglas Grant Snubbed by The Academy, the case for Martin Scorsese’s Silence as one of the finest films…
For Your Consideration: Arrival
by: Michael Shields Making the case for Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival to win 2016’s Best Picture… It takes a certain…
What Now, Part Three
by: Michael Shields Part three of a series which attempts to make sense of the rise to power of…
Amy, Still
by: Susanna Baird A moment of unadulterated peacefulness, punctured thoroughly by horror and chaos… Styrofoam cups filled with rancid coffee,…
President Trump’s Inaugural Address – Unmasked
by: Frederick Foote ((Image courtesy of RosettaBooks.)) Donald Trump’s inaugural address, reimagined with a healthy serving of truth… Chief Justice…
Tickle Me Amnesio
by: Greg Burkholder ((Header art by Gypsy Jema.)) Trickery laid bare but not called to task, where the faithful…
The Obama Presidency
by: Frederick Foote ((Photograph by Ashley Gilbertson.)) A look at important lessons learned during the eight years the United States…
Trompe l’oiel: The Bright Shining Illusion of the American Dream
by: James Michael Coming to a dictionary near you: Trompe l’oiel; an abstract, divisive illusion that results in a…
You Can Do Anything To Them
by: Bonnie Wilkins Overcott Coming to terms with Donald Trump’s presidency, a man whose words have opened up an…
Four Poems from This Is Not A Love Song
by: Christophe Casamassima Christophe Casamassima writes about love and its failure in language that is both conversational and disjunctive,…