You know when someone tries to explain a movie but they can only remember certain parts so you get a blurry idea of the overarching story peppered with a...

welcome to a new feature of the talking book where we review books right after receiving major surgery. for this initial post-surgical review, i am reviewing dust bunny by bud...

On Tuesday July 11th, The Sarah Book by Scott McClanahan came out. Scott narrated the whole darn thing in our studio and it sounds really good. It sounds like...

(Spoiler warning: This article discusses The Neon Demon in its entirety.)

Late in The Neon Demon, a snooty fashion designer named Robert declares, “Beauty isn’t everything,...

Ben Lerner on The Hatred of Poetry June 9th at Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn

The Hatred of Poetry, the latest release by poet-novelist Ben Lerner, is a declaration of...

Sex sex sex. It's everywhere these days. It has become a startling epidemic in our time: sex. Everywhere you go, there is sex. I wake up in the morning,...

Sam Pink's Way To Improve Stuff #2 talks about some serious improvements to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's 2015 film THE REVENANT.  1. Have the bear kill the Leonardo Di Caprio...

by A D Jameson

People keep calling The Force Awakens “a real Star Wars movie,” to the point where I wonder whether they’re quoting a Disney press...