Death by Media: The Hunger Games and Teen Authenticity (Part 2)
This teaser poster leads with the wonderfully “meta” tagline “The World Will Be Watching.” So can you spot yourself in the crowds of inifinite regress? How to Enjoy Your Bloodsport With Clean Hands...
View ArticleMoonrise Kingdom’s Lesson: Tweens are the New Teens… and the New Adults
Image courtesy Universal Studios Home Entertainment… which released “Moonrise Kingdom” on Blu-ray & DVD yesterday. Pre-teens on the run—one from emotionally unavailable parents, the other from a...
View Article“Are Zombies Good for Kids?”: A Chat with Psychoanalyst Jack Schwartz
(Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans) Before you go any further, please know that I’d like to disavow the first part of this post’s title: Are Zombies Good for Kids? That’s because it runs completely...
View ArticleThis Weekend Forget ‘Gatsby,’ and See ‘The World Before Her’ Instead
If what you may have heard about Nisha Pahuja’s heart-stirring and brain-stirring film makes you think “Oh, that’s a doc about India—I’ll check it out when I’m in a multi-culti mood,” then please stop...
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