The Week in Culture (August 7th)
WATCH Hot Ticket: Freakier Friday and Weapons The former reunites Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis for a nostalgic family romp 20+ years
Author Archive
Review: Gary Rivlin’s Saving Main Street
From 9/11 to the Great Recession, epoch-defining events often provide a windfall for America’s largest publishing houses. Yet, five years af
No Country for Coeds
How the Right’s scorched-Earth approach to higher ed compromises its fundamental principles.
The Week In Culture (July 31st)
WATCH Hot Ticket: The Naked Gun Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson star in a reboot of the classic 80s cop movie sendup. Turns out, the guy b
Review: Oh, Hi!
Twilight and some Freddie Prinze Jr. teen movies notwithstanding, millennials never got their Hollywood romance. Blame the Great Recession o
Pandemic Multiplex
From Eddington and 28 Years Later to Jurassic World: Rebirth and Death of a Unicorn, the movies are the only medium coming to terms with the aftermath of COVID
The Week in Culture (July 24th)
MOVIES Hot Ticket: The Fantastic Four: First Steps By all accounts, Marvel has finally regained its mojo with this 60s-set reboot that fin
Summer Spotlight: County Highway Comes to Grimey’s
The months after the pandemic may not have seemed like the best time to start a print newspaper modeled after the 20-page broadsides of the
Superman Isn’t The Problem
Understanding the motivations behind the online rage is the key to countering America’s cultural rot.
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: July 18-24
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a complete list of upcoming titles, check out the 2025 Film Gui
Summer Spotlight: Liquor Lab
In a city of wayward pedal taverns and $12 PBRs, many a Nashvillian has vowed to drink more at home. But few have the type of innate Patters
Week in Streaming: Special Edition
Interview with Everything’s Going To Be Great director Jon S. Baird and writer Steven Rogers
The Case for Ring County Rights
Though their populations are stagnating, Tennessee’s Blue Dot cities have undue power over the entire state. It’s time to level that playing field.
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: July 11-17
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a complete list of upcoming titles, check out the 2025 Film Gui
Review: Materialists (2025)
For the past two weeks, pundits and armchair politicos alike have struggled to explain Zohran Mamdani’s surprise victory in the New York Cit