Culture Archive
Archives for November 2014
It’s a stylish gangster story set in 1920s England. What’s not to love?
The big ideas in Zero to One, the new book by PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel are neither as original nor as useful as he wants us to think.
Jesmyn Ward’s Men We Reaped is a story about both life and death
Who in the Obama family is reading Heart of Darkness?
Wrapping presents just might be the most horrible of holiday tasks.
Critics often point to Europe’s internet access as a model, but the US outperforms Europe in some key ways.
Is this seriously just 90 seconds long?!
It’s here!
Like mistletoe, apostrophes hide, waiting, ready to destroy your holidays.
Choose carefully among the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals.
Netflix won’t say how many people watch shows like “Orange Is the New Black,” but a new poll says its home-grown viewing is more popular.
There really, truly is no one “best diet”
In comic books, fathers are demons, lovers become enemies, and children are reminders of the worst things in the universe.
Thanksgiving is the perfect time to dive into a denigration — and celebration — of cinematic turkeys.
The way Ridley Scott sees non-white actors is really sad and depressig.