Category: Featured
Featured
What does the next generation think of today’s issues? As part of The Big Smoke’s Next Gen program, Zain Hamdia (age 13) explores déjà vu, that sense you get when you think you’re re-experiencing something familiar again.
James Jay Edwards reviews Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., a comedy film written and directed by Adamma Ebo, and starring Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall. (Focus Features)
John Michael’s newest Life Is a Sweet, Tender Bruise column, “Without Sadness, There Would Be No Tenderness,” supports adding more kindness and affection to our days.
Jason Arment continues his interview with JT Colfax after his time as a mortuary transporter and a JonBenét Ramsey suspect, and talks about his experiences in various jails.
James Jay Edwards reviews Funny Pages, a coming-of-age film written and directed by Owen Kline, and starring Daniel Zolghadri and Matthew Maher. (A24 Films)
James Jay Edwards reviews Three Thousand Years of Longing, a fantasy film directed by George Miller, starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.)
John Michael’s newest Life Is a Sweet, Tender Bruise column, “Music (and Elvis) as Inspiration and Healing,” looks at the influence that Elvis has played on his life.
S.M. Park’s column Risen Apes about being a 70-year-old boomer. In “Typecast,” Park talks about going from fast typing to pot cultivation, and some experiences in Amsterdam.
James Jay Edwards reviews Beast, a survival thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, adapted from a story by Jaime Primak Sullivan, and stars Idris Elba. (Universal Pictures)
Nancy Townsley imagines what the atmosphere must have been like for Trump the day following his impeachment acquittal in 2020.
