As John Lennon once said, war is over—if you want it.
It may have taken 67 years, but the leaders of Russia and Japan have finally agreed to hash out a formal peace settlement...
There’s something visceral about Super 8 film. Perhaps it’s just the collective memory of countless home movies, but there’s a shaky, grainy, and Zapruder-like truth to the format...
Where were you in ’73?
If you lived anywhere in the Free World, chances are you were watching George Lucas’ seminal coming-of-age film, American Graffiti.
Set in the late summer...
When the Georgia Straight gets Dave Prowse—the man who played Darth Vader in Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi—on the telephone, his voice is something...
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner has always held his cards close to the vest.
Sure, he’s dropped clues about upcoming seasons in the past, but they’ve always been cryptic: riddles...
Recently, I signed up with Netflix. It’s a great concept, with plenty of movies and TV shows playable on-demand, any time day or night. Sure, the choice of recent releases is...
Is the liberal brain different from the conservative brain? A recent study published in the scientific Journal Plos One suggests so.
In Red Brain, Blue Brain: Evaluative Processes...
Normally a polite and unassuming country, Canada has somehow managed to produce more than its fair share of cult films.
From the early works of David Cronenberg, through the tax-...
The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World’s Greatest EmpireBy Anthony Everitt. Random House, 478 pp, hardcover
Imperial Rome, over the years, has fueled countless metaphors....
Jeremy Kipp Walker is one cool customer.
When the Straight phones the producer and co-director of The History of Future Folk at his Brooklyn, N.Y. home, Hurricane Sandy is...
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