Film
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Animating Howl
In yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle, I chat with artist Eric Drooker about animating Allen Ginsberg’s Howl for the film of the same name as the long poem, and his resulting new book, Howl: A Graphic Novel. One thing that was…
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The Rumpus Review of Howl
Howl is neither a biopic about the poem’s author Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), nor does it delve into any other poem in his literary oeuvre. These are the first of many missteps that the producers take in their approach towards the…
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Ames Gets A.V.-ed
“No, I’m not very productive at all. I’m probably like an animal. I mean, great animals in the ocean feed all the time. I’m someone who procrastinates, worries, for most of a month, and then I’ll have a flurry of…
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Directing Howl
“While poets often lead interesting lives, those lives don’t necessarily create drama.” Rumpus friend and poet D.A. Powell in conversation with Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, directors of the upcoming movie Howl.
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Is Social Media Replacing New York as the Center of Cultural Production?
Is New York still the center of cultural activity in the modern world? Colleen Dilenschneider isn’t so sure. On her blog, Dilenschneider writes about five ways in which social media is actually replacing NYC as the hub of creative development.…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 9/20-9/26
This week, The Porchlight Reading Series, highbrow porn at the Indie Erotic Film Festival, Barbie gets a makeover at the Altered Barbie Poetry Reading, and fetishists celebrate at the 27th Annual Folsom Street Fair. Monday 9/20: San Francisco is nothing…
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Jack Stevenson: A Dirty Old Man in Action
Fortified with homemade iced Vietnamese coffee, Jack Stevenson describes his work as a film archaeologist in San Francisco, the former sex capital of the U.S.:
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Ames on “How to write a TV show, sort of.”
Our friend Jonathan Ames writes about his transition from plagiarizing college student to pretty damn successful TV writer.
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10/40/70 #23: Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974
This ongoing experiment in film writing freezes a film at 10, 40, and 70 minutes, and keeps the commentary as close to those frames as possible. This week, I examine Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974, directed…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 9/13-9/19
This week, The Monthly Rumpus, The Peanut Butter Plan, Rebecca Solnit at the JCCSF, and Indie Mart at Thee Parkside! Monday 9/13: It’s the second Monday of the month, which can only mean one thing: The Monthly Rumpus! The September…
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10/40/70 #22: The Ghost Writer
This ongoing experiment in film writing freezes a film at 10, 40, and 70 minutes, and keeps the commentary as close to those frames as possible. This week, I examine The Ghost Writer, directed by Roman Polanski.
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Bernal Heights Film Crawl
If you live in San Francisco, you might want to check out the Film Crawl on Cortland this Friday night. Yes, the website is a little cheesy, but the offerings look really cool. The idea behind it is that five…