Film
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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…
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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…