Steven Volynets

He was a far-seeing reformer, but cruel and narrow-minded as well.

A review of Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos, Frontline, PBS, February 19, 2020.

Say “Hasta la vista, baby” or “May the force be with you” to a person under the age of 40 anywhere in the world and the recognition, perhaps even bond, is instant. Neither expression is English — not exactly — but both are American, dreamed into existence by visionary storytellers, performers, and movie studios free of official quotas or mandates.

How a speaker series is challenging the ideological monoculture of a liberal arts college.

Once upon a time, somewhere far from Hollywood, critics decided that movies for grownups should not be fun, and that the filmmakers who make them should be punished.

As Amazon pulls the plug on HQ2, locals see loss, not victory.

Two weeks before the Times ran Newsome’s profile, he and his sister Chivona—also a local Black Lives Matter co-founder—had been scheduled to speak as part of The Mill Series at Lafayette College.

The Literary Industrial Complex of Hating Jonathan ...

The anti-police sentiment is sharply on the rise in New York City.

A pro-refugee sign has troubling origins.

Following a $68 million Amazon law suit, Woodly Allen's 'Rainy Day in New York' will play in Deauville American Film Festival in France and open in 15 other countries.

by Steven Volynets
Date posted : Thursday, May 10, ...

The Passion of Howard Schultz.

Partial archive of published pieces: crime, politics ,and other local news written for the most respected and widely read online news journal in Southern Brooklyn, New York.

With nearly fifty works of fiction, biography, history, and graphic novels, one can stay up reading for months and still merely scratch at the essential Charyn.