Film
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July in Utah
“A man in his underwear banged on his hotel window while I was being interviewed outside. When I looked up he pressed his whole body against the glass.” Miranda July shares “Some Things That Happened at Sundance.”
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The Eyeball #40: Unreal Fiction and Film, Part 1
I’m midway through teaching a course at Antioch University Seattle called Unreal Fiction and Film. Every week we pair a film or selection of shorts with a short story. The class is scheduled from 7-10 PM on Mondays, a brutal…
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Lovecraft Documentary
Lately I’ve been wanting to watch more documentaries about writers. Any suggestions? In the meantime, thanks to Galley Cat, I found this documentary about H.P. Lovecraft which is worth ninety minutes of your time.
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Nicholas Rombes’ Art Film Roundup
A few years ago, when I was finishing up the final edits on Cinema in the Digital Age, a colleague and I got into a heated debate about a section of the book where I argued that some of the…
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Smears and Stories
Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III believes that David Simon’s hit HBO show The Wire serves as a “smear that will take [the city] decades to overcome.” David Simon responds, saying “The Wire owes no apologies — at least…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/17-1/23
This week in San Francisco, Sketchfest continues, find out what happens when we become Overconnected, pitch your epic sci-fi murder-mystery memoir poem at Booksmith’s Pitchapalooza, and get de-virginized at Cell Space’s Rocky Horror Live! Monday 1/17: See the comics that…
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Unpacking Rick Moody
“I watched a lot of monster movies as a kid. In fact, in the period after my parents divorced, which was in 1970 or so, the one thing that I did reliably no matter the address was watch horror movies…
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Godard vs. (The Concept of) eBooks
Before ebooks even existed filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard was wary of them. (via PW)
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Heart Healthy
On Wednesday, I wake a little after ten. This isn’t intentional. It’s not like I set an alarm. I stumble from the bed to the bathroom to take a long, yellow piss. I brush my teeth—extra well, since my health…
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“Dear Marlon…”
“I’m praying that you’ll buy On the Road and make a movie of it…. I visualize the beautiful shots could be made with the camera on the front seat of the car showing the road (day and night) unwinding into…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/10-1/16
This week in San Francisco: Finally muster the courage to hit on that one cute chick/dude at this month’s Monthly Rumpus, decorate your pad like it’s 1982 and you just got Walk Among Us at Pops’ Cheap Art Show: Skull…