Archives for Views & Opinions

Luca Guadagnino is ever the stealthy queer filmmaker

Tags: Movies, Views & Opinions, LGBTQ+, Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist

Did the team jinx their season with unfortunate commercial branding?

Tags: Detroit Sports, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, Detroit Red Wings, Dylan Larkin, Priority Waste Management

At last! The Lions make Detroit sports fun again

Tags: Detroit Sports, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, NFL Draft, Detroit Lions, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Pistons

At first, the sign was mocked for falling short of expectations, especially considering its hefty price tag

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Views & Opinions, Detroit, NFL Draft, Mayor Duggan, sign, I-94, social media, Instagram, Slideshow

Plus: Crumbley precedent, Michigan’s abortion leadership, and measles resurgence

Tags: Michigan, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, Rashida Tlaib, Oxford shooting, COVID-19, abortion rights in Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer

Filmmaker Alex Garland says that he wants to prompt conversation, and by not making explicit what either side of the conflict represents, he perhaps allows for at least a tentative reach across the yawning divide

Tags: Movies, Movies, Views & Opinions, Alex Garland, Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman

Even the mayor appears to have been fooled by what is likely an AI-generated image

Tags: Metro Detroit, LOL, Views & Opinions, NFL Draft, Mike Duggan, I-94, Slideshow

Breadmaker Max Leonard rises to the occasion

Tags: Restaurant reviews, Restaurant Reviews, Views & Opinions, Secret Bakery, Max Leonard, metro Detroit bakeries

The Second Look Sentencing Act can help build a society that values every life and fosters rehabilitation

Tags: Metro Detroit, Crime, Views & Opinions, The Second Look Sentencing Act, Demel Dukes, Hani Zebib, criminal justice reform in Michigan, Michigan prison system

The team is remembered as conquering underdogs at a time when we needed to see ourselves that way

Tags: Detroit Sports, Views & Opinions, Longform, Detroit Pistons, NBA, Richard Hamilton, Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Tayshaun Prince, Cover Story

Writing a book seems to be a prerequisite for higher political aspirations

Tags: Politics & Elections, Books, Views & Opinions, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer memoir, Whitmer book, Whitmer for President, 2024 presidential election, Biden, Trump, Michigan politics

Why does this feature directorial debut feel like such a breath of fresh air?

Tags: Movies, Movies, Views & Opinions, Dev Patel, Jordan Peele, John Wick

Two Dashers dishing

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, Views & Opinions, DoorDash, metro Detroit restaurants, Cadieux Café

These films have a tendency to evaporate from your memory once you’re done with the cinematic carnage

Tags: Movies, Movies, Views & Opinions, Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures, MonsterVerse, King Kong, Godzilla

No longer just a local joke, Michigan Republicans are now a national punchline

Tags: Politics & Elections, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, Ronna Romney McDaniel, Michigan Republican Party, Donald Trump

Community support networks safeguard abortion access against anti-choice attacks

Tags: Politics & Elections, Abortion Rights, Views & Opinions, U.S. Supreme Court, mifepristone, Michigan abortion laws

Call ahead to find what will be offered on a given day — what’s actually available varies

Tags: Restaurant reviews, Restaurant Reviews, Views & Opinions, Kalahari African Cuisine, African restaurants in Metro Detroit, Detroit restaurants, Tiliani, Slideshow

Trump runs a blood-curdling campaign of doom and gloom, fear and smear

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Views & Opinions, Donald Trump, 2024 election, Macomb County, Joe Biden

Say it ain’t so, Sho

Tags: Detroit Sports, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, Comerica Park, Detroit Tigers, Shohei Ohtani

Following the trailblazing 1972 presidential run of the first Black woman elected to Congress, the film often struggles to find the personal in the political

Tags: Movies, Movies, Television, Views & Opinions, Shirley Chisholm, Netflix, Regina King, Black history