Do the Swiss Dream of Post-Apocalyptic Rap Battles?
Voters and scientists are embracing the apocalypse, and are doing their best to convince us it’s the way to go.
Video Digest
A collection of 131 issues
Getting Literacy Dun, the Rendition of Bamboozled Pandas With Chinese Accents
Panda diplomacy, apparently, is no black-and-white issue.
Raising the Bar
In the large, inchoate expanse of critical terrain best characterized by the question of “What were they thinking?” one must relegate the newest effort, Raising the Bar, by veteran TV producer Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and N.Y.P.D. Blue). The bombardment of promotion on
SnagFilms
SnagFilms provides a wonderful service: it is “a web site where you can watch full-length documentary films for free.” The site hosts big famous docs, like Super Size Me, and lesser-knowns like Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars. Personally, I go for uglier histories like Girl 27 and the
Mexican Breakfast
Gwen Verdon’s Fosse routine is something else. Something else worth watching are its myriad remixes, of which RuPaul’s is something special.
Target: Women
Current.com’s Infomania is like The Daily Show’s younger, lighter, goofier sibling. “Target: Women” mocks the media’s obsession with women’s issues, and gets it right.
Video Digest: June 27, 2008
Gay, gay, gay! Pride, pride, pride! From Dykes on Bikes to boys in hot pants, videos of the international glories of gay revels.
Video Digest: June 13, 2008
The complete video guide to being a lunatic homemaker, as guided by a 1939 good wife test.
Video Digest: June 6, 2008
Everything you need to know about identity theft, including a Facebook tutorial and the story of Philadelphia’s Bonnie and Clyde.
Video Digest: May 30, 2008
As U.S. jobs shrink and money gets tighter, our unemployed masses search for ways to entertain themselves until this, too, passes. Meave Gallagher offers glimmers of hope.