Film
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The Rumpus Original Combo: Moon
Science fiction of the best sort, in which technology exists as a means of peering into the soul, and where even the darkest problems can be overcome by human ingenuity and the inexplicable compassion and perseverance of the human spirit.
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Amanda F’n Palmer Goes to the Golden Globes
It might be new news or old news to you, but Amanda Palmer is engaged to Neil Gaiman, and because Coraline (based on Gaiman’s book) was nominated for best animated feature, Amanda Palmer ended up walking the red carpet at…
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Notable New York, This Week 2/1 – 2/7
This week in New York Unsound, the avant-garde culture festival that began in Eastern Europe, debuts in the city, historian Garry Wills discusses the atomic bomb, a night with filmmaker Ross McElwee at IFC, Jamaica Kincaid and Gary Shteyngart on…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/25-1/31
This week: Work on the memoir you’ve always wanted to write with Michelle Tea, dance to benefit Doctors Without Borders at San Francisco Hearts Haiti, watch SF IndieFest take over Portrero Hill venues, and get your mixtape on at The…
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Notable New York, This Week 1/25 – 1/31
This week in New York Lydia Davis and Richard Howard read, John Wray, Heidi Julavits and Sarah Manguso discuss ebooks at Melville House, Of Montreal and Damon & Naomi perform, Lapham’s Quarterly celebrates the launch of its Religion Issue, artists…
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Just Call Me Otto
Last month Nerve published a really fantastic piece by Andy Horowitz about Repo Man, and why this studio picture from a British director is actually the seminal American indie film. “Shot after shot,” Horowitz writes, “you find yourself saying, ‘Where…
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Brent Hoff’s Sundance Rundown #3
Brent Hoff, editor and co-founder of Wholphin, is our official Rumpus correspondent at The Sundance Film Festival. OK, first off, I’m no scuttlebutt. If you want the super chill on Spike’s Absolut / CAA party last night, talk to Bill…
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Brent Hoff’s Sundance Rundown #2
Brent Hoff, editor and co-founder of Wholphin, has agreed to be the official Rumpus correspondent at The Sundance Film Festival. C-packs, Neosporin in each nostril and hand sanitizer in the shwag bag, everyone spends a good deal of time here…
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Brent Hoff’s Sundance Rundown #1
Brent Hoff, editor and co-founder of Wholphin, has agreed to be the official Rumpus correspondent at The Sundance Film Festival. This is his first update: You know that feeling when you get on a plane and realize, as the steward…
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Life Stories Roundup
In this week’s roundup, there’s a late night talk show host with a following of occultists, conspiracy theorists and would-be time travellers, a wannabe Warhol with his own hippie art collective and New York’s most honest cabbie.
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The Eyeball #31: The Baader Meinhof Complex
On New Year’s Day this year I removed all the bookmarks from my Firefox bookmarks bar. When I mentioned to a couple friends that my resolution was to lay off the political blogs, I got variations on the same response:…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/18-1/24
This week in San Francisco: SF MoMA wraps up a weekend of free art, local artist Eric Rewitzer offers his for an affordable price at Studio 3579, burlesque babes go roller derby at Dr. Sketchy’s, and the Torah goes web…