The late writer Peter Matthiessen was one of the last great frontiersmen, one of the last great travelers taking voyages of discovery.
Fuse Appreciation: The Late Pete Seeger — Creating Music on a Human Scale
One of the more fascinating contributions Pete Seeger made to our collective musical sensibility was the effortless way in which he introduced what we now call “world music” to his audiences.
Fuse Commentary: “Inside Llewyn Davis” — Another Perspective
Among the important things the filmmakers get right — the elemental pissiness of a scene that is far smaller than it is envisioned by the narcissists who once occupied it.
Film News: Sex and the Single Hobbit
Inflating The Hobbit: Goodbye to the Boys-Only Club
Film Commentary: “The Hobbit” in Print and in Film — A Quick Guide on How to Put the “Faux” in Folklore
Director Peter Jackson in his film adaptation of The Hobbit abandons the intimate scale of the original wonder tale and mistakenly blows it up into mythic proportions.
Film Commentary: Grimm Sightings on the Silver Screen — The Imagination Killers
Films such as Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters deny audiences the capacity to suspend disbelief. Instead, they use technology to make the impossible look real and the magical seem as this-worldly as an old screen door.