Serpico Now
The New York Times profiles Frank Serpico: “Pacino played Serpico better than I did.” (via Andrew Nette)
What’s New At No Media Kings?
CG Co-Founding Editor Jim Munroe and Matt Hamill have a new text game, Guilded Youth. Meanwhile, Jim’s latest movie, Ghosts With Shit Jobs, is now available on Xbox.
Escaping the Truck Stop Killer
“[It] occurred to me that this investigation of mine wasn’t a detective novel. It was a ghost story.” In 1985, Vanessa Veselka escaped a terrifying trucker who probably was Robert Ben Rhoades, the Truck Stop Killer and, years later, tries to understand her experience and learn more about […]
“The Year in Comics: Biggest Disappointments of 2012”
At Gutters and Panels, John Gholson shares his 3 biggest disappointments in comics this year.
“Tarantino’s Candy (Slavery in the White Male Imagination)”
Tanya Steele watches Lincoln and Django Unchained back to back. “I needed to get a glimpse of what slavery was like in the imagination of white men.” (Thanks, Mike White!)
Favorite Film Discoveries of 2012
The Movie Morlocks’ R. Emmet Sweeney shares his favorite film discoveries of 2012.
The Cultural Gutter 