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Second Beat Improv Theater Opens Tonight in Central Phoenix

By Janessa Hilliard

Sam Haldiman never expected to come back to Phoenix. The Arizona native first began performing improvisational comedy nearly two decades ago, studying short form improv at Jester’Z in Mesa. From there he relocated to the improv capital of the country, Chicago, where taking an intensive summer course turned into an…

The State of Action Filmmaking, 2017

By Vern

In the ’80s and ’90s, there were action movies. They starred muscly guys like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone, or martial artists from Jean-Claude Van Damme to Cynthia Rothrock, or actors who were dedicated to the physical demands of the genre, like Bruce Willis or Wesley Snipes. They mostly told…

Molly Haskell Follows Spielberg From Boyhood to Responsibility

By Alan Scherstuhl

Almost all of the history of American movies flows into Steven Spielberg, and the movies that have come since can’t help but be in response. As a storyteller and as a cultural figure, his closest precedent isn’t John Ford or David Lean, but Dickens, another age’s popular titan, beloved more…

Your January TV Watch List: The Six Shows We’re Counting On

By Laura Beck

New year, new us! JK, new year, same ol’ us: watching TV and hiding in a hole from the bitter January cold and impending doom. The only solution? Watching all the television! You can take the day of the inauguration off to protest, but I expect you back under the…