Archive - Under the Hollywood Sign

The Powerful Iconography of Luigi Mangione

Connections to Classical Art that the Mainstream Press Dismisses at its Peril

Dec 22, 2024 •

Saturday Night in Downtown Los Angeles

In the Midst of Trump-Manufactured Crisis, Memories of a Real One

Jun 11 •

Why Trump's Target Had To Be Los Angeles

As Always, It's Personal

Jun 18 •

"Black Box Diaries" And Its Legal Aftermath

How Shiori Itō's Memoir Changed Japan's Laws on Rape and Age of Consent

Feb 13 •

Natsume Soseki’s London, 1900-1902

Visiting the Four Addresses of a Homesick, Unmoored Writer

Sep 14, 2022 •

Of Signage, Nameless Streets and the Kindness of Strangers

Mar 19, 2023 •

A Magical Journey To Unst, Shetland

Finding A Place In My Recently Discovered Ancestral Homeland

Sep 18, 2022 •

The Greatness of David Lynch

Remembering Hollywood's Most Creative, Least Compromising Filmmaker

Jan 18 •

"Anora" and the Post-Oscars Furor

Why This Year's Best Picture Winner Deserves Its Acclaim--and Inspired Such a Reaction

Mar 12 •

The Long Shadow of Henry Kissinger, America's Greatest War Criminal

Fear, Loathing and the Domino Theory

Dec 9, 2023 •

How I Wrote My Novel "Tanzania"

And Why I'm Serializing It on Substack

Jun 7, 2024 •

A Belated Visit to Miyajima

How a Lovely Island and its Famous Torii Eluded Me Until Now

Apr 9 •

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