Modern day hip hop is a fascinating beast. Unless you have the right combination of lyrics and beats it’s hard to make it big, or at least past the small club level, and even then it’s very... Read more
When the name Tiffany & Co. rolls off one’s tongue, a glittering flood of pop culture references come to mind, such as a Givenchy-clad Audrey Hepburn, the classiest call girl ever to gra... Read more
To say Michael Moore isn’t the most popular public figure in the media is probably an understatement. That beings said, the man apparently has knack for documentary filmmaking and knows exa... Read more
Chris Farley was a comedic legend that died too soon. He was a burley comedian that, strangely enough, followed a similar trajectory to the great John Beluschi. They were both massive stars... Read more
Every year, my most anticipated film of the Tribeca Film Festival tends to be one from their midnight line-up, but this year, I deviate from that tradition. While known for a diverse and int... Read more
One of the biggest docs to come out of Sundance this year was Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack, a film that I was looking forward to screening at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The Wolfpac... Read more
One of the many documentaries playing at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival is Erik Shirai’s The Birth of Sake, a film that I, and probably others interested in the art of sake brewing, was v... Read more
The concept of a pop “band” as we know it — a group of musicians who write and record their own music — might have began in the mid 1950s, but as The Wrecking Crew sh... Read more
After being one of the most popular sports in the early twentieth century, boxing has fallen off the radar in this country in the last few decades. However, in recent months boxing appears t... Read more
Boxing isn’t the sport it used to be, at least in the United States. While the rules of boxing have changed very little over the last 150 years, the popularity of the sport in America... Read more
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