Category Archives: The Arts

My Year of Horror: March Madness

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Tom Gualtieri

Your shrink will have a field day with this month’s twisted psychotics, neurotics and schizophrenics, coming around to fill your life with horror. Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, My Year of Horror, The Arts | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Anna Massey, Catherine Deneuve, Emeric Pressberger, Frenzy, Hitchcock, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Michael Biehn, Michael Powell, Moira Shearer, Pino Donaggio, Powell & Pressberger, Repulsion, Rob Reiner, Roman Polanski, Stephen King, The Fan, The Red Shoes, William Goldman | 2 Comments

The End of the End of Everything: Fiction’s Fretful Futures, Part IV

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Sam Byers

In Part IV, of his 4-part series, Sam Byers looks at why the novel is dying and just why and how technology might save it. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Idiopathy, Keith Ridgway, Tao Lin, Technology, the internet, the novel, Thomas Harris, Zadie Smith | 2 Comments

Shelf Love

Posted on January 27, 2013 by A Weeklings Special Feature

Restocking the stacks has never been this fun. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged arrangements, books, Bret Easton Ellis, Bryan Charles, can't do THIS on a Kindle, Celine, Diana Spechler, Donna Tartt, Elfriede Jelinek, Elizabeth Eslami, Francine Prose, fun with books, Ian McEwan, Jillian Lauren, Joe Queenan, Jonathan Tropper, Kate Zambreno, Lenore Zion, Malcolm Gladwell, Miranda July, Rachel McKibbens, Rick Moody, Shya Scanlon, sorting systems, stacks, Wesley Stace | Leave a comment

Downton Abbey: Innocence in the Age of Irony

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Tom Gualtieri

Tom Gualtieri explains the secret of the hit show’s popularity. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture, The Arts | Tagged Downton Abbey, Edith Wharton, Elizabeth McGovern, Highclere Castle, Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Siobhan Finneran, The Age of Innocence | 4 Comments

The End of the End of Everything: Fiction’s Fretful Futures, Part III

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Sam Byers

In Part III, of his 4-part series, Sam Byers looks at why the novel is dying and just why and how technology might save it. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Idiopathy, Sjón, Technology, the internet, the novel, The Thick of It | 1 Comment

The End of the End of Everything: Fiction’s Fretful Futures, Part II

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Sam Byers

In Part II, of his 4-part series, Sam Byers looks at why the novel is dying and just why and how technology might save it. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged David Gates, Idiopathy, Technology, the internet, the Millions, the novel, Toby Litt, World of Warcraft | Leave a comment

The End of the End of Everything: Fiction’s Fretful Futures, Part I

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Sam Byers

In this 4-part series, Sam Byers looks at why the novel is dying and just why and how technology might save it. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Idiopathy, Jonathan franzen, Nathan Jurgenson, Peter Hitchens, Technology, the internet, the novel, Zadie Smith | 10 Comments