Now playing: Winnebago Man
There’s a pretty good chance you already have an idea who Jack Rebney is, even if you don’t recognize the name; if you don’t, you should immediately watch one of…
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Nick Cave’s Potentially Forthcoming Films
“And before that, Russell Crowe asked Cave to write a sequel to “Gladiator,” which would have ended with “a 20-minute war sequence that ended up in Vietnam, and then in…
The Rumpus Review of Inception
Here’s a little news worth sharing: Christopher Nolan does not shit solid gold. Like most people, he shits shit. Inception, for example. Let me explain:
10/40/70 #17: Aspen Extreme
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…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 7/26-8/1
This week, make your Monday, discover a microhood, Tourettes Without Regrets goes XXX, and The Mission has some more artsy block parties. Monday 7/26: Get yourself to the Fort Mason…
Notable New York, This Week 7/26 – 8/1
In New York this week Rick Moody kicks off his book tour, BOMB Magazine hosts its Summer Bash at Glasslands, Black Keys perform at Summer Stage, Anderbo.com hosts Anderbo Indoors,…
Notable New York, This Week 7/21-7/25
This week FUNny Writers substitutes your PB&J, Volume 1 provides the shortest record reviews ever, Audiences share their works at The Inspired Word and The Moth StorySLAM, Heebs hate tushies,…
The Rumpus Review of Please Give
Many reviews of Nicole Holofcener films open with the standard criticism that her characters are mean–which is the sort of accusation that, if it took place in a Nicole Holofcener…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 7/19-7/25
This week: mutant cowboys at the Roxie, The Botany of Desire, a Litquake cocktail party, roller disco, and more film festival goodness! Monday 7/19: Bounty hunters, vigilante justice, and good…
Lunch with Carson
On a chilly February afternoon in 1959, Carson McCullers, Marilyn Monroe and Isak Dinesen had lunch.
Every Tarkovsky Film
“[Andrei] Tarkovsky for me is the greatest [director], the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as…
10/40/70 #15: Raw Deal
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…