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Get Some Wings

By mtowery On January 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Culture, On Film

Valkyrie, Tom Cruise’s celebrated Nazi movie, gets lost in its obsession with details.

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Hounding Heaven

By mtowery On September 17, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Culture, On Record

Poet and creative writing prof Joe Weil talks about his first national release, his understanding of creativity, and how he keeps himself on God’s mind.

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The (Dark) Audacity of Hope

By mtowery On July 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In On Film, Review

The Dark Night constructs a mythology from hopeful, pop-culture nihilism.

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Computer Love

By mtowery On June 29, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In On Film, Review

Pixar’s Wall-E ushers in a new era of metaphysical futurism.

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Making a Scene, Part II

By mtowery On June 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In The Art Class, The City

More on how to create a flourishing independent arts scene.

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A Few Clues, Still Lost

By mtowery On May 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In On Television

Wrapping up season four of the most insane television show ever produced.

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Making a Scene

By mtowery On May 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In The Art Class, The City

Don’t wait or whine about the established arts scene. It’s time to start your own.

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Islands, “Arm’s Way”

By mtowery On May 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In On Music, Review

Fetishized weirdness takes a backseat to soaring vocals and instrumental interludes.

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Steinbeck “artless”? Come again?

By mtowery On May 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

When Washington Post literature critic Jonathan Yardley called John Steinbeck “artless” in a column last week, he received the following bitchfest from me. … [more]

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The Avant Garde Narrative

By mtowery On March 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In On Film, Review

Vantage Point, Lost, and the triumph (and death) of the avant garde narrative.

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Pagan Angel

By mtowery On February 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Critic Police, The CCM Patrol

What Christian Music Today gets wrong about the religious ruminations of Iron & Wine.

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“Daniel, Am I On Speakerphone?”

By mtowery On February 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Lost, On Television

Polar bears and breakneck pace are back in the second episode of Lost, season four.

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