This site is where I write (and sometimes talk) about popular (and not-so-popular) culture, particularly movies, in a way that's meaningful and satisfying to me. If you find it enjoyable or enlightening, all the better. My hope is that what's written here will prompt readers (yes, both of you) to look at the media products they consume — words, images, sounds, and various combinations of those — in new ways.

That's a carefully worded way of saying that I don't consider Culture Snob to be a repository of standard reviews. Yes, many of the entries will look, smell, and taste like reviews, but I hope they offer more than that. Criticism is, before anything else, a personal reaction to a work, and good critical writing will reveal as much about the author as it does about the works discussed. I try to focus on aspects of a work that interest me and haven't been addressed by other writers.

— Jeff Ignatius, Snob-in-Chief

How the Site Works

Content in Culture Snob will primarily fall in two categories: movies and music. (Television is grouped with movies, because they're both motion pictures.) There are also occasional forays into books and sports, and everything else gets lumped into miscellany.

Mostly, I write. Occasionally the result is pretty good. Feel free to browse what I consider the best of Culture Snob.

Sometimes, I talk, and in addition to essays, Culture Snob features interviews, commentaries on movies, and other audio content that you can listen to and/or download.

I welcome comments on any Culture Snob content and encourage you to vote in some meaningless polls. If you have a question, send me a note. If something doesn't appear to be working properly, report a problem. If you have an idea for great Culture Snob content or any other suggestion on improving the site, tell me about it.

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History and Fine Print

Culture Snob was founded in July 2003 and moved to its present location in February 2004. It was designed by Eris.

I reserve rights to my writing on this site under a license from Creative Commons, an effort to establish legal middle ground between public domain and copyright.