Django Take #5: Paving the Road to Hell
The problem with Tarantino’s Django Unchained is that it’s a very good movie. Wildly entertaining, expertly made, and very fun to watch. I loved almost every second of the watching…
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The Rumpus Interview with Craig Zobel
Filmmaker Craig Zobel talks about the ramifications of influence, treading moral boundaries, and why we need to have more conversations about exploitation.
Missing the Beat: The Story of Adapting Kerouac’s On The Road
In 1957, shortly after the publication of his second novel, On The Road, Jack Kerouac wrote a letter to Marlon Brando, pleading with him to buy the movie rights to…
Technology, Aesthetics, and Hollywood
David Denby’s provocative essay “Has Hollywood Murdered the Movies?” explores current movie culture and the future of the film industry. Denby takes a comprehensive look at how the production of…
Don’t be a stranger, Stranger
A sweet Happy Baby push over at SLOG, the popular blog of the Stranger. Thanks Stranger! We love you back!
Turning Points #2: Cary Grant in Father Goose
To be accepted, to be relevant, he would need to become someone else. He would spend the next half-century creating that person and then, at age 60, decide that it was time to reveal his true self, in Father Goose.
The Rumpus Review of El Médico: The Cubatón Story
To be a doctor in Cuba is to live inside the swirl of history and politics that whooshes around the small Communist island at all times.
Happy Baby, Buy the Book
A new reward has been added for the Happy Baby movie kickstarter. A first edition hardcover personalized and autographed by Dave Eggers and Stephen Elliott.
Happy Baby Update
From the comfort of his own home, Stephen Elliott gives an update on the newly launched Happy Baby Movie Kickstarter Campaign. “We raised over $8,000 in our first 24 hours. The question…
A Meaningful Light: Open Letter to Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times
I’m writing to you, Kenneth, because your review and my behavior at the Rialto Cinema are integral parts of the problem in Israel/Palestine. It’s why we both felt so scared and embarrassed: Tears of Gaza implicates us.
The Rumpus Interview with Jake Adelstein
Jake Adelstein possesses an obsessive, infectious energy, coupled with an immense generosity and an ability to be, when necessary, stringently ruthless. This combination serves him well in the line of…
Funny Women’s Elissa Bassist at The Paris Review Daily
At The Paris Review, Rumpus Funny Women editor, Elissa Bassist recounts how watching every horror movie on Netflix and Dear Sugar saved her from Brooklyn-induced depression. “‘How do I reach…