by Jack Brown | Jun 18, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Newsletter
Something I’ve come to love about Father’s Day weekend is my own dad’s profound disinterest in the world of the internet. He doesn’t give a fig for Facebook, has no email address, and if he were ever involved with something viral it would be cause for a trip to the...
by Jack Brown | Jun 12, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Newsletter
Open a newspaper, turn on your television, scroll through your Facebook feed: it won’t be long before you’re face to face with the ongoing discussion of the state of immigration in America. To be sure, the current resident of the White House — whose policies have...
by Jack Brown | Jun 4, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Newsletter
Unless you’re a diehard cyclist, we are just now into the high season for bikes. (You’ll know you’re a diehard if you own snow tires for your ride.) For many, it’s one of the rare enjoyments that span a lifetime; our first great sense of freedom is often found when a...
by Jack Brown | May 27, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Movies about painters are tough in the way that movies about musicians are tough: it’s nigh impossible to find an actor or actress for the part that is not only adept in their own chosen field, but also good enough to fake the very real particular talents of those...
by Jack Brown | May 22, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Film, Newsletter
Last month, the story of Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson lit up social media feeds everywhere. Two young black men, they were waiting quietly for a friend at a Philadelphia Starbucks when one of them asked to use the restroom. After an employee refused — they hadn’t...
