From slave epics directed by accused rapists to war epics directed by confirmed anti-Semites, this fall movie season truly has something for everyone. Having spent months locked in contentious deliberations, the BPoFD Editorial Board has finally […]
Tag: Art
The Strawberry Criterion: Saint Pablo
The stage floats. Picture a UFO flying low enough to skim fingertips, its underbelly lit with rows of stadium lights. A heat lamp glow that roils the crowd underneath. A thousand overdressed men and women made riotous […]
We Need To Talk About Lionel
Two weeks ago, at The Brisbane Writers Festival, the novelist Lionel Shriver was scheduled to give an address on themes of “community and belonging,” a lustrous irony in light of the speech that the writer […]
The Strawberry Criterion: Lady Ghostbusters
A bust of Harold Ramis’s head appears early in Lady Ghostbusters, his wry grin preserved in bronze, as if pleased that death has excused him from the proceedings. Were only the living so blessed. Co-written and directed […]
The Strawberry Criterion: The Life of Pablo
“The Life of Pablo,” the fourth title of Kanye West’s seventh album, remains conspicuously vague in the specifics of its reference, a curiosity given the levels of transparency otherwise afforded to the recording process by […]
BPoFD Podcast Episode #20: Prequels Were Better with Seaners
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 […]
The Strawberry Criterion: The Force Awakens
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 […]
BPoFD Podcast Episode #19: Talking Tarantino with Seaners
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 BPoFD 15
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 […]
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