Akiva Schaffer

Film Review: “Popstar” — A Chart-busting Comedy

Popstar’s silliness is monumental, and wonderful.

Mary Ella Feinleib January 22, 2022 at 12:23 am on Television Review: “Reframed: Marilyn Monroe” — A Feminist Tribute or a Reframe-up Job?A very good analysis. Trying to turn a woman from the past into a symbol of feminism is a n...
Thomas Garvey January 20, 2022 at 3:13 pm on Film Review: “Don’t Look Up” — A Pitch-Dark Satire that Dares to be Impudently PessimisticWell, that's classic Gerald Peary right there.
Athar January 18, 2022 at 3:56 pm on Poetry Review: Writer Alain Mabanckou — Taking Life Both to Heart and in StrideThank you for your incisive comments on BEST AMERICAN POETRY OF 2021 which I have been plowing through and finding...
Peter Power January 18, 2022 at 1:14 pm on Music Remembrance: Singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith (1953-2021)I absolutely love OFSE, it really captures the intimacy that Nanci could bring to her stage performances. I thankfully had...
William Sr January 17, 2022 at 4:35 pm on Arts Remembrance: The Late Joe Cook and His Chance to Record “The Twist”Little Joe Cook was a dear close personal friend he was the greatest person I knew. I have many many...