Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Cute vs. Evil Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner take on the film Precious, the novel Black Dogs (about the fall of communism) and the nauseating, exploitativ...
11 Nov 200944min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Good Breeding Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner and guest June Thomas discuss ABC's new sitcom "Modern Family", Tad Friend's latest memoir and a hundred things ...
4 Nov 200940min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Bombard Me With Phonemes Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new season of 30 Rock, the refund offer from Baby Einstein, and the genius – and crossover potential – of country music star Brad Paisley. Hos...
27 Okt 200946min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Flying Circus Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the media circus surrounding the Colorado “Balloon Boy,” the case for and against circumcision in New York Magazine, and the new documentary on the ...
20 Okt 200941min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The I'll Eat You Up Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Spike Jonze’s film adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are, the notion that comedians are starting to take aim at President Obama, ...
14 Okt 200945min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Damage Control Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the blackmail scandal surrounding David Letterman’s sexual relationship with some of his female employees, the New Yorker’s profile of Hollywood blo...
7 Okt 200944min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Teen Beat Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Roman Polanski’s arrest in Switzerland and possible extradition to California for sentencing on a decades old sexual abuse case, the new Fox TV musi...
30 Sep 200941min
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The If You Were Keats You'd Be Dead By Now Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the recent spate of politicians (real and fictional) on TV, led by President Obama on Letterman; Jane Campion’s new film about John Keats and Fannie...
23 Sep 200945min
