by | Jul 21, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from MovieMaker When Scarface Was In Trouble: Oliver Stone Looks Back in An Exclusive Excerpt From Chasing the Light By Oliver Stone Before Scarface launched a boatload of T-shirts, posters, memes, and dubious imitations of Al Pacino’s cocainized Tony...
by | Jul 20, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from The Atlantic Why Low-Budget Horror Is Thriving This Summer These dirt-cheap productions are making money, finding eager audiences, and garnering critical praise during a largely dead box-office season. by DAVID SIMS The gory thrills of Becky make the film solid...
by | Jul 19, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from The New Yorker “The Burning Bed” Recalls the Case That Changed How Law Enforcement Treats Domestic Violence By Anna Boots For thirteen years, Francine Hughes’s husband, James (Mickey) Hughes, beat her routinely. Something as small as the inflection of a word...
by | Jul 18, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from Real Clear Science Where Did Rome’s Famous ‘Alexandrian’ Glass Come From By Ross Pomeroy Two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire was cranking out glassware unsurpassed in intricacy, beauty, or design, with skill and efficiency that...
by | Jul 17, 2020 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from Vanity Fair Homicide at Rough Point BY PETER LANCE A view through the mansion’s smashed gates by news photographer Ed Quigley. At far right: detective Fred Newton, who had a surprising theory about how Tirella died. BY ED QUIGLEY/COURTESY OF JOHN QUIGLEY. In the...
