In Episode #20 of the BPoFD Podcast, managing editor Carmen Petaccio again sits down with visual artist and film critic Sean “Seaners” Lopez to discuss Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Highlights include incoherent rants about Rey’s ability to sabe, Stormtrooper birthing […]
A long time ago, back when the original Star Wars was released, in 1977, its introductory crawl of yellow text played on a mere 32 screens across America, and featured neither subtitle nor promise of additional episodes. Any […]
In Episode #19 of the BPoFD Podcast, managing editor Carmen Petaccio sits down with visual artist and film critic Sean “Seaners” Lopez to discuss Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Highlights include a retrospective of Tarantino’s work, excellent impressions of QT, […]
The eight feature films of Quentin Tarantino, from Reservoir Dogs through The Hateful Eight, present an alternate America defined by three animating energies: crime, racism, and violence. At present, media acts as every child’s third, most beloved parent, […]
Top Ten Movies of 2015 1. Creed 2. Brooklyn 3. Mad Max: Fury Road 4. Sicario 5. Room 6. Wild Tales 7. The Gift 8. Inside Out 9. It Follows 10. Ex Machina x Top Ten TV […]
These are the fifteen best movies, albums, television shows and books of the century so far, according to the Baby Pictures of Famous Dictators Editorial Board. They are presented below without comment to acknowledge the utter inanity […]
In less than six months’ time, Donald J. Trump, the racist billionaire, has achieved what six decades of liberal discourse–from Noam Chomsky to Bill Maher–sought and failed to accomplish: he has revealed to the general […]
In Episode #18 of the BPoFD Podcast, managing editor Carmen Petaccio sits down with fiction writer Vincent Scarpa to discuss his recent Twitter battle with Roxane Gay, amongst other topics of note. Highlights include analysis of The New York Times 100 Notable […]
Last night, hip hop artist and activist Killer Mike, of the rap collective Run The Jewels, endorsed Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for president at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia. Mike spent five hours with the candidate prior […]
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