Looking Down from the Mountain
Parnassus Books spent the last decade fashioning itself as a cultural lynchpin; Nashville’s literary scene would survive without it.
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Monument or Mausoleum?
Whether Nashville’s reign as “It City” began with summer 2012’s GQ feature [https://www.gq.com/gallery/nashville-guide-travel-fashion] or Th
Pure Cinema
On the cusp of its centennial, The Belcourt Theatre strives to retain its status as the center of Nashville’s film culture
Review: The Many Saints of Newark
Twenty two years after its release, HBO’s The Sopranos remains the series that ushered in television’s second golden age and continues to ho
Review: Halloween Kills
When it premiered in 2018, David Gordon Green’s direct sequel to horror classic Halloween earned praise for its brass-tacks approach to the
The Halloween Ten
These overlooked horror movies bring some new blood and biting cultural commentary to spooky season.
Bookfest!
Though likely buried by the news that Joe Biden’s executive orders turned V for Vendetta into a documentary last Thursday, Nashville’s arts
Tell Them Phil Valentine Said, “Hey”
As legacy media revels in the COVID-related death of Nashville’s conservative talk-radio legend, we should remember his legacy of personal and governmental accountability.
Masked Dereliction
State Republican legislators are trying to shore up their base with special sessions and anti-mask stances; They willfully failed to prevent this debate four months ago.
Total Recall
California’s September election offers a path forward from identity politics
Anthony Bourdain and Documentary Artifice
'Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain' stirred controversy for manufacturing voiceover of its late subject. Documentary film has more pressing issues.
Losing Christopher Hitchens
Journalism’s intellectual giant died ten years ago. Our civic discourse will never recover.
Entourage’s Last Stand
HBO’s former-zeitgeist show spent the last decade as a critical punchline; it’s time to acknowledge its enduring relevance.
The Evergreen Ills of American Politics
Eighty-two years after its release, Frank Capra’s 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' remains the most relevant film about America’s broken political system and the elites who exploit it.
Avuncular Tom
The mob turns on America’s Everyman