Masthead/Contributors | Highbrow Magazine
Dec 14, 2024 · Founding Editor & Publisher. Tara Taghizadeh . Webmaster. M. Williams . Contributing Writers and Photographers. Sandra Bertrand (Chief Art Critic), Sandra Canosa (Chief Music Critic), Caitlin Cohen, Sophia Dorval, Ulises Duenas (Senior Writer), Paul Ehrlich, Kaitlyn Fajilan, James Fozard, Angelo Franco (Chief Features Writer), Rebekah Frank, Ben Friedman, Antonio Graceffo, Eric Green, Walker ...
‘Megalopolis’ Is an Unfortunate and Embarrassing Mess
Oct 4, 2024 · There were so many opportunities for Coppola to flesh out the world of the film and make New Rome a character unto itself. Details on what the rest of the country is like, how New Rome came to exist, what people actually do in the city, or even why Cesar Catalina is so famous are all left in the dark.
Cillian Murphy and Emily Watson Will Impress (and Depress) the …
Nov 15, 2024 · If you’re in the mood for another great movie that will leave you depressed, I have good news. Small Things Like These is a film with superb acting and a perfectly dour atmosphere to get the job done.. Based on the novel of the same name, this is a story centered in a small Irish town in 1985, where a man named Bill Furlong works moving coal.
Citizen Journalism Offers Significant Benefits - Highbrow Magazine
Sep 2, 2024 · Italy is a magical, mystical blend of timeless history and artistic masterpieces; scenery that will take your breath away; warm, friendly people who will make you feel like family; and all of it wrapped up in un amorè per la cucina Italiana — a love of Italian food.
How Concentrated Wealth Threatens Humanity | Highbrow …
Oct 7, 2024 · Titans of Capital updates and expands my earlier book Giants: The Global Power Elite (2018).Giants identified the 199 directors of the world’s 17 top asset management companies, which between them managed more than $41.1 trillion in wealth.Now, five years later, in Titans of Capital, I examine the ongoing rapid concentration of global capital and how fewer and larger companies now manage ...
A Look at the Best Books of 2023 and Other Favorites
Dec 26, 2023 · Fiona MacFarlane’s debut novel, The Sun Walks Down, takes place over the course of a week. With each passing day, the search for Denny Wallace grows more agonizing, for the citizens of Fairly and for the reader. The story moves without a bump among a teeming cast of characters, landing squarely on their passions and their sense of impending doom
‘Royalty Free’ Tells the Story of the Most Selfless Man in Music
Dec 16, 2020 · If you’re reading this, you’ve most likely heard some of Kevin MacLeod’s music without knowing who he is. In fact, chances are pretty high that you’ve heard a dozen of his songs without realizing they’re all by the same guy. That’s because MacLeod offers all his music for free or, at most, a small license fee. It’s his career and impact that …
Satan, Saturn, and Rock’n’Roll: The Mythology of the 27 Club
Aug 21, 2014 · Alan Wilson of Canned Heat, Pete Ham of Badfinger, Pigpen McKernan of the Grateful Dead, Kristen Pfaff of Hole, Chris Bell of Big Star, and Amy Winehouse have all passed in the midst of their prime, at age 27. Some comprehensive lists span 50 names or more. It is an uncanny fact that more musicians seem to die at age 27 than at any other age – one that, since Cobain’s death in 1994, have ...
The Resurgence of Emo Music and Subculture - Highbrow Magazine
Feb 9, 2023 · It has even paved the path for other forms of rock, such as rapcore, metal, and emo. The latter is a shortened version of the subgenre’s true nature: emotional. It originated in the 1980s with the band Rites of Spring and has since caused a cultural phenomenon -- one that influenced an obsession with long bangs and red highlights, caused a run on black hair dye, and sparked the style of ...
Actor Kristoffer Polaha’s Journey to Stardom - Highbrow Magazine
Apr 8, 2021 · Rather than follow “America’s Prince” with increasingly important TV and movie roles, Polaha landed a string of starring appearances in television shows that seemed promising, launched … and then stalled … time and again. From 2004 to 2012, Polaha had key roles in the nighttime soap “North Shore,” the sitcom “Miss Guided,” the …