Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Total Commitment Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Ponyo, the new film by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan’s master animator; the to do over Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s opinion on health care reform; and the ...
19 Aug 200941min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The 'I Weep for the Future' Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the passing and the films of 80s auteur John Hughes, the distortion of rock concert ticket prices by forces corporate and renegade, and the rise of ...
12 Aug 200946min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The All Hail Meryl Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Meryl Streep’s new movie about Julia Child, Julie & Julia; Amazon’s beloved, vexing Kindle e-reader; and Josh Levin’s new series on Slate about the ...
5 Aug 200944min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Shrinky Dink Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the arrival of Judd Apatow’s third movie, Funny People; the rapid disappearance of the music magazine; and the controversies over some of the new ps...
29 Juli 200940min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Rocket Experience Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni’s struggle with bulimia, and the glut of nomination...
22 Juli 200942min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The In Bruno Veritas Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Bruno, the confrontational new comedy from Sacha Baron Cohen; the links between Goldman Sachs and each of the major financial bubbles of the last 80...
15 Juli 200943min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Smooth Criminal Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the memorial service for Michael Jackson, Michael Mann’s new depression-era bank robber movie Public Enemies, and the various uses they’ve found for...
8 Juli 200941min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Everybody's Dead Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the recent spate of celebrity deaths, starting with Michael Jackson and the lesser lights – Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon and Billy Mays – eclipsed by ...
1 Juli 200938min
