The Great Gatsby
'The Great Gatsby' Is Now 'The Great Gritty' Thanks to the Public Domain
And so with our brains small, our meat huge, our pain endless, we tread onwards.
Baz Luhrmann Needs to Be Stopped
He's the M. Night Shyamalan of romantic epics. We don't need his Elvis biopic.
The Most-Overrated Pieces of Pop Culture in Indonesia Today
Because popular doesn't always mean good.
Someone Wrecked a Mercedes Benz Made of 12,000 Mirrors (For Art)
Artist Jordan Griska tackles the decaying American dream with his sparkling sculpture.
Actually, 'The Great Gatsby' Is Trash
Contrary to popular belief, the book isn't so great or novel, although it sure is American.
F. Scott Fitzgerald Will Never Die
A collection of unpublished stories, 'I'd Die for You,' brings the famous Jazz Age author back to life, sadder and funnier than ever before.
How Train Travel Explains the Decline of American Culture
Traveling by train used to be a romantic experience. Now, it's exactly the opposite. Like the country it traverses, the train system is utilitarian, plastic, beige, and devoid of greater meaning.
Ezra Koenig Might Be Performing at the Oscars, But That Doesn't Excuse the Real Crime
Lana Del Rey Getting Snubbed Was An Inside Job
What Book Should Never Be Made Into a Film?
"I'd say 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. We can't ruin it with a three-hour movie."
Who Let The Great Gatsby Soundtrack Happen?
Do Fergie, Nero and Jay-Z really encapsulate the sound of the Roaring Twenties?
'Gatsby'
The old saying is that a good book makes a bad film, while a paperback potboiler like 'The Godfather' makes a great film. But this wisdom is derived from the idea that a good book is made by the writing, and if it’s adapted into whatever, its magic is...