Frédérik Sisa
Go Ahead, Pull a Rabbit Out of Monday’s Hat
Merciless as it was, the 20th century did leave behind some pleasant ghosts amidst the carnage of technological development, such as the spirits of...
Crimson Peak: Spirited, but Lacking Soul
Review of Crimson Peak.
Guillermo del Toro’s ode to Gothic literature begins with one of those typically useless warnings: “Beware Crimson Peak!” Not something actionable...
Forget Buddhism. Meet the Buddha.
A review of Buddha for Beginners by Steven T. Asma.
Say “Buddhism,” and the free-association machine will gin up everything from the Dalai Lama, self-immolating...
Disjointed Breathing Room Suffocates Its Good Ideas
Review of Breathing Room, on stage at the Greenway Court Theatre.
I can appreciate an avant-garde piece as much as the next open-minded traditionalist, except...
Throw Tom Cruise from the Plane
Review of Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation.
So the plot is screwier than a screw factory’s assembly line, the villain’s motives more nebulous than a studio...
The ICT Raises Excellent Fences, Breaks Down Barriers
A review of August Wilson’s Fences, on stage at the International City Theatre in Long Beach.
Although the timing is coincidental, it seems entirely appropriate...
A Social Network That’s Better Than Facebook
It’s been a few years since I gave Facebook the big ol’ combat boot. The lack of privacy, the company’s sleight-of-hand business model, the...
Mr. Holmes and the Adventure of the Missing Point
If creativity is a body, then fan fiction at its worst acts as a degenerative disease. A character or story is removed from a...
Walk This Way: Walking with Xero Shoes
The most telling moment in Steven Sashen and Lena Phoenix’s appearance on Shark Tank isn’t the moment they refuse a shark’s offer, as dramatic...
Poetry: Lotus Pond – 2. Remembering What Was Forgotten
Lotus Pond
2. Remembering What Was Forgotten
Sarcophagus in the red
forest’s vale, limestone island
in a grassland crawl where blooms,
waves bright amethyst sowbread.
Saffron eye shuts beyond high
frosted...
