Kayley Kravitz, 07/29/12

Emerson College graduate, works in higher education

Just as it had been in the swinging '60s, London was hip again. The '90s ushered in an era known as "Cool Britannia." Of course, most Americans didn't care but oddly enough, some of them (myself included) identified strongly with Britpop.

Annette Insdorf, 07/30/12

Director of undergraduate film studies, Columbia University, and author of PHILIP KAUFMAN

It's hard to imagine two more wildly different films than the lowbrow American comedy The Babymakers and the French arthouse drama Beloved. But their imminent release reveals that Paul Schneider is one of our most versatile actors.

Jonathan Kim, 07/30/12

Film Critic for ReThink Reviews and the Uprising Show

The lines between art, journalism, and documentary filmmaking are often blurry ones. In 2008, director Alison Klayman, at the age of 24, found herself crossing those hazy lines to record the story of a man famous for doing the same.

Gordy Grundy, 07/30/12

Artist and Columnist

Jack Brogan is a fabricator. He creates art objects, with an expertise in a wide range of materials. His influence and his fingerprints are indelible to California art history.

Kristin McCracken, 07/30/12

Editor, TribecaFilm.com

Few Americans are overly familiar with Ai Weiwei. With her engaging, intimate, and wholly personalizing portrait, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, director Alison Klayman hopes to right that wrong.

Rainer Sigl, 07/29/12

Freelance journalist, video games blogger

It's surprising that in-game-photography - for purely aesthetical reasons as opposed to documenting victories or snapping a pic of an impressive vista for use as a desktop wallpaper - is still as unexplored a country as it seems to be. A few game-photographers, however, have started to travel these spaces to hunt for pictures.

John Lundberg, 07/29/12

Writer, Poetry teacher

How good was London Mayor Boris Johnson's recitation of a poem at the Olympic Gala this past Monday? And he did it speaking ancient Greek, no less.

Stephen Olsson, 07/30/12

Film/TV Producer/Director; President: Cultural & Educational Media

"Each person has a job to create the right consciousness in this moment, to bring positive energy to this world. Most people, they forget this moment and are always looking for something further. But we don't have further, we don't know next moment."

Lisa Derrick, 07/29/12

Pop culture journalist, Firedoglake.com

Yasmine Mohseni, 07/30/12

Independent Curator, Arts Writer and Speaker

The space and selected art work offers an alternative to the insular world of contemporary art by inviting the viewer into an intelligent and accessible dialog with art.

Thomas Gladysz, 07/30/12

Arts Journalist / Pop Culture Archaeologist

Is there any silent film star as popular as Louise Brooks? The actress, best known for her bangs and signature black bob, seems to be just about everywhere these days.

Myra Chanin, 07/30/12

Author; aka 'Mother Wonderful'; Radio/TV Personality, Former Producer, 'The Joey Reynolds Show'

Almost every time I encounter a really talented New Yorker, I find that they are Philadelphia natives. A prime example? Michael Ogborn, the composer/lyricist/playwright of Baby Case, the exciting musical drama about the Lindbergh kidnapping.

George Heymont, 07/29/12

San Francisco-based arts critic

Has YouTube become the new porn?

Jane Chafin, 07/27/12

Director, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA

Ever since our prehistoric ancestors first picked up chunks of limestone and carved crude female figurines some 20,000 years ago, we humans have been trying to depict the human form in three dimensions.

Michael Kaiser, 07/30/12

President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

If board members are not helping to raise money from their friends and associates, they are not performing one of the central responsibilities of board membership. But for many arts organizations, there is a relatively quick fix to this problem.

Rev. Malcolm Boyd, 07/27/12

Writer-in-residence, Episcopal diocese of LA

During my drive to his house I had gone through a "Cowardly Lion" phase: What exactly would the portrait show? I felt extremely vulnerable and clueless concerning the final result.

Andy Propst, 07/26/12

Art journalist, theater critic

Not many musicals with Broadway runs under two months get starry concert performances. But then, Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus' Chess is no ordinary musical.