Film
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Gilliam Hearts Bulgakov
“Why do I keep running away from Mikhail Bulgakov? I’ve been on the run for years now. From the first time I was encouraged to read The Master and Margarita, I have been pursued by keen film producers trying to…
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Movies, Briefly: Vanishing Point (1971)
I’m not a big fan of the moment early in the film where Barry Newman’s Kowalski drives past himself in a different car and disappears into thin air (“Holy crap! He just vanished! THAT MUST BE THE VANISHING POINT!”) and…
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Notable New York, This Week 2/22 – 2/28
This week in New York 2010: Whitney Biennial opens, Gigantic holds a launch party for Issue 2: Gigantic America, Anderbo Reading at KGB, Mary Karr talks with Philip Gourevitch, MOMA premieres documentary about Mikhail Khodorkovsky–Russia’s wealthiest man and one if…
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Fotografo D’assalto
Modern day Paparazzi have both Federico Fellini and recently deceased photojournalist Felice Quinto to thank for their name.
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YouTube Art: Scarface: The TV Edit
Oh man, do I loves me some bad dubbing. You know what I’m talking about; when a basic cable channel shows an R rated movie on their station but has to edit all of the profanity out to make the…
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Noise Pop 2010: A Pre-Pop Introduction
Despite being a working student whose free time consists of reading comic books on the train while wedged in the middle of a commute hour human sandwich, being a writer for The Rumpus has it’s perks. Covering Noise Pop is…
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Movies, Briefly: The Wages of Fear (1953)
Just how intense is The Wages of Fear? This movie didn’t just make my palms sweat; it made the soles of my feet sweat too. Either I’ve got a glandular problem or this is one suspenseful movie.
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Influencing Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino gave an interview to the LA Times, in which he discusses the films that influenced Inglourious Basterds, although he first expresses annoyance with critics who, instead of reviewing his movies, really try to “match wits” with him, and…
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Notable New York, This Week 2/15 – 2/21
This week in New York Howard Bloom interviewed by Richard Foreman, Malcolm Gladwell and Adam Gopnik discuss mankind, John Cale reflects on music and art, Ed Park and Lynne Tillman read at Triple Canopy and Light Industry’s celebration of their…
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In Defense of The Color of Money (1986)
The Color of Money features two kinds of trick shots: the ones on the pool table and the ones in the camera. “Fast” Eddie Felson puts on a clinic on shot selection on camera and Scorsese’s puts on another off.…
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“I’m Not Making a Dime.”
”This isn’t about making money, you negative pricks: it’s about making movies.” Kevin Smith addresses the pros and cons of directing a fan-financed movie and how if (if being the key word here) he did he would refuse to take…
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Brent Hoff’s Sundance Rundown #4
Brent Hoff, editor and co-founder of Wholphin, was our official Rumpus correspondent at The Sundance Film Festival. This is his final correspondence: Hey! What happened? You thought we were hanging out?! I know I know! We were having so much…