Tweet Veteran sex advice columnist and author Dan Savage joins the MTV community; a pop culture village populated by the Jersey Shore clan; the high school-based monsters of Teen Wolf and the reality show craziness of Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory.…
Author: Steve Ramos
Steve Ramos is a national, award-winning journalist whose advocacy of independent and art cinema has made him one of America's leading critical voices. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Boxoffice, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Movie Jungle.com, New York Magazine.com, Screen Daily and indieWire among others. In 2001, Ramos broke the story of a Cincinnati art-house theater snipping a sex scene from director Wayne Wang's "The Center of the World," which led the theater owner to ban him indefinitely from the theater. Ramos has programmed for film non-profits like 92Y Tribeca in order to bring independent film to larger audiences. He earned a BA in Philosophy from Xavier University and makes his home in Cincinnati, Ohio with his wife and son.
The Morning Feed: Stella McCartney unveils Team Great Britain’s Olympic Uniforms
Tweet Stella McCartney continues to enjoy good reviews from her Thursday unveiling at the Tower of London of uniforms for Team Great Britain Olympics athletes. McCartney, who collaborated with Adidas on the athletic wear, credits the union flag as…
‘The Hunger Games’ Commentary: Katniss Everdeen, you are Teflon
Tweet No surprises. That’s the understanding from The Hunger Games faithful filling cinemas as I write this, beginning late last night and into the wee hours to a tune of $25 million in ticket sales. All of the suspense from…
The Morning Feed: Mike Daisey defends his controversial show ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’
Tweet The debate continues over NPR’s This American Life retracting its January 6 episode featuring Mike Daisey’s solo theatrical show of The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, a two-hour monologue of Daisey explaining his brand loyalty for Apple…
Let Us Now Praise: ‘Wanderlust’ Filmmaker David Wain
Tweet One of my favorite books, from one of my most favorite writers, is James Agee’s 1941 collaboration with photographer Walker Evans, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Here’s my creative stretch. Agee’s book about Alabama sharecroppers, a community of…
The Morning Feed: Wang Shu Receives 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Tweet Thomas J. Pritzker, chairman of The Hyatt Foundation, announced today that Chinese architect Wang Shu, known for using salvaged materials in many of his buildings, is the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner. Wang became the first Chinese citizen to…
The Morning Feed: The Dictator Crashes Oscars, while ‘The Artist’ Wins Top Prizes
Tweet Monday morning pundits, myself included, point to Sacha Baron Cohen’s red carpet appearance as Admiral General Aladeen, his character from his upcoming comedy The Dictator, as the main highlight of the 84th Academy Awards Ceremony last night in Hollywood.…
The Morning Feed: Skrillex, Red Hot Chili Peppers Lead Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup
Tweet After a brief digital tease with a false report streaking across social networks, the 2012 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival celebrated St. Valentine’s Day by announcing its musical artist lineup for the 11th trip to Manchester, Tennessee June 7-19.…
The Morning Feed: Grammys Remember Whitney Houston; ‘The Artist’ Cleans Up at Baftas
Tweet Celebrity culture and the public’s fascination with awards shows collided this weekend with Saturday’s death of six-time Grammy winner Whitney Houston casting a mournful mood over the the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. Granted, much of the Grammy Awards was…
TV Savage: Review of Season 3 Debut of ‘Justified’
Tweet Justified: Series 3, Episode 1 The Gunfighter January 17, 2012 FX Fans that can trace Timothy Olyphant’s acting career back to the 1999 Sundance teen comedy Go (okay, I’ve given myself away) know that the FX series Justified has…