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  • Arts

    July 6, 2011

    Pattern Recognition

    Troy Gua takes his pop-culture obsessions to another level. Several of them, actually.

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    The Greatest Cheeseburger Ever Sold

    ​ The Dinner: Deluxe cheeseburger and fries at Dick's Drive-in (111 N.E. 45th St.) The Movie: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold at the Guild 45th (2115 N. 45th St.) The Screenplate: If at first you don't succeed in making a film that critiques product placement, dust yourself off and try agai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    The Ultimate McDonald's Versus: Hamburglar v. Grimace

    The cold face of calculated wrath.​"I'm so glad you could make it," Grimace said as he led the Hamburglar into the lobby of the very first McDonald's restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois. "Robble," replied Hamburglar. Grimace smiled at the diminutive thief. "I know I've whetted your curiosit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Q&A: Marnie Stern on Free Shoes, Making Herself Vulnerable, and Girls on the Guitar

    Marnie Stern will play the Vera Project with Witch Gardens on Saturday, November 6. ​I just got off the phone with Marnie Stern, Kill Rock Stars' girl-guitarist goddess, who last week released her third record, which I found to be an extraordinary piece of work. Marnie was at her NYC home in t ... More >>

  • Food

    June 23, 2010

    Bottomfeeder: Fish 'n' Ships

    Seaview Avenue's Little Coney.

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Little Coney's Fish & Ships

    Lil ScoopLocation, location, location.​For most people, any restaurant with the name "Coney" in it is going to evoke one place: Coney Island. But most people aren't Michiganders, whose commonwealth should really consider adopting the marketing slogan "Take a Michigander." Most Detroit resident ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Mayor McCheese One of TIME Magazine's "Least Influential People of 2010"

    Ooh... Burn.​TIME magazine's annual list of influential people: the 2010 TIME 100. It is, unsurprisingly, a relatively unsurprising list--Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Bill Clinton, Lady Gaga, Oprah, Steve Jobs... Who didn't think that these people would be included? A scant few food-world visio ... More >>

  • Arts

    January 14, 2009

    Mime’s A-Wastin’

    How whiteface became the new blackface.

  • Film

    July 5, 2006

    Caché, Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party, and Syriana

    Colonial guilt, charming stories from Hollywood, and a petro-thriller without a central character to hook us in.

  • Film

    June 22, 2005

    Bewitched

    Also: Bomb the System, Brothers, The Holy Girl, and McLibel.

  • Film

    May 5, 2004

    I Would Not Like Fries With That

    Obesity-epidemic documentary appalls and convinces, even if the garnish of art is lacking.

  • Arts

    December 1, 1999

    The Evil Among Us

    A new book fights the ubiquity of commodification, but it stops short of a knockout.

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