J.B. Spins

When a totalitarian state uses violence, intimidation, and humiliation to rule over its people, it is hardly surprising when clinical dep...

His imdb page looks impressive, but it only covers a fracture of Austin Pendleton’s work. While the movie industry largely sees him an ec...

Have we lost Deathtrap to political correctness? It was once celebrated for its frank depiction of sexual orientation, but in an era of s...

With The Great Dictator , Charlie Chaplin tried rather unsuccessfully to re-appropriate his toothbrush mustache. In the process, he estab...

Radio reporter Frank Bonneville and his engineer Ian Finch could be called the Jayson Blairs of radio, except they really intended to cov...

Clearly, this is an important documentary, because people were dying to be in it. That joke was promised on Twitter, so there it is. In a...

Any country that prohibits the consumption of alcohol is a terrible place for a mid-life crisis. Most inconveniently, Alan Clay finds him...

Generations of Americans grew up with the reassuring presences of Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon. You can’t get much more iconic than bl...

You might think Afghanistan is worlds apart from this Humboldt County-ish community, but they have their similarities, like violently err...

If you think New York is a challenging city for athletes to play in, try coaching here. Just ask Jason Kreis about coaching the inaugural...

Most churches would be happy if you volunteered to help with the next potluck dinner. They would hardly expect you to commit to a billion...

If you are true to the game, it will be true to you. On the other hand, if you secretly moonlight with a rival team, you might just suffe...

Burl Ives won an Academy Award for his retooled recording of old English folk song “Lavender’s Blue.” This eerie parnormal-repressed memo...

If you make a Xerox of a Xerox, the sharpness starts to blur. The same thing is true of hipster hat-tips. Horror fans loved the original ...

To this day, Esquire associate editor Alice Glaser might be the greatest one-hit wonder in science fiction. Her short story “The Tunnel” ...

Architecture is often destiny. Take for instance Ralph Rapson’s explicitly utopian project, Cedar Square West (now called Riverside Plaza...

Remember when William Holden told Ricky Schroder bugs are a great source of protein in The Earthling ? What takes them five seconds requi...

In the future, employee fraternization will be strictly forbidden. The entire world will be a “safe place” because all emotions will be “...