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Frederik Sisa, arts/entertainment/politics/culture: Resolved to use his powers of writing for good instead of evil, long-time contributor and assistant editor Frederik Sisa is The Front Page Online’s resident art critic as well as a political/cultural observer through his column The Recreational Nihilist. He also edits The Front Page Online's fashion blog The Fashionoclast. When not writing, he writes more, whether working as a marketing professional for a local architecture firm or feeding his blog. Want to drop him a line? Write to: fsisa@thefrontpageonline.com.
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Dispatches from the Front Lines of Ideology: A Review of The Young Conservatives’ Field Guide (Part 2)By Frederik Sisa @ 9:00 AM June 07, 2010[Editor’s Note: As a non-narrative book, “The Young Conservative’s Field Guide: Facts, Charts and Figures,” by Brenton Stransky and Andrew Foy, MD, defies the usual short review and asks instead for a more comprehensive discussion. We are pleased to provide you with that discussion in the second of several parts.] read |
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Dispatches from the Front Lines of Ideology: A Review of ‘The Young Conservatives’ Field Guide’ (Part 1)By Frederik Sisa @ 8:00 AM May 31, 2010Editor’s Note: As a non-narrative book, “The Young Conservative’s Field Guide: Facts, Charts and Figures” by Brenton Stransky and Andrew Foy, M.D., defies the usual short review and asks instead for a more comprehensive discussion. We are pleased to provide you with that discussion in the first of several parts. ,br/>read |
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'Iron Man 2': Heart of LeadBy Frederik Sisa @ 11:00 AM May 14, 2010The foremost question of “Iron Man 2” is: What happened to the Jon Favreau of the first Iron Man and Zathura? That Favreau was a director from the old school, comfortable with modern CGI effects but at home in the roots of classical filmmaking and, crucially, well-versed in the storytelling arts. In the armored superhero’s second outing, however, Favreau has been edged out by Marvel’s marketing committee.read |
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How the Other Half Loves: A Game of Wit, Space, and TimeBy Frederik Sisa @ 9:00 AM May 06, 2010“The play’s a game,” says playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn, “which I hope an audience enjoys playing as much as the actors enjoy playing it.” Quite. It’s an entertaining bauble, chock full of colliding assumptions, misinterpretations, well-intentioned but misguided interventions, and all the usual trimmings of a farcical comedy of errors. read |
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Sci-Fi Short Film Roundup: The District 9 TrendBy Frederik Sisa @ 3:00 PM April 30, 2010Although it would be rather hyperbolic to suggest that District 9 represents a milestone in 21st century science fiction cinema, Neil Blomkamp’s gritty tale of aliens among us certainly does set the pace for a new trend. And it is this: science fiction rooted in near-future speculation.read |