Film
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Pauline Kael’s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The winner of the The Rumpus College Book Review Contest, a review of Pauline Kael’s seminal Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, by Matthew Weinstock.
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The Rumpus Interview with Annalise Ophelian
Annalise Ophelian is the director of Diagnosing Difference, a documentary about Gender Identity Disorder, premiering June 20 at Frameline 33, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
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The Rumpus Interview with Hirokazu Koreeda
“Actually, after Still Walking was made, I was asked to write a novel version. I accepted eagerly, but then about a month into it I realized how difficult writing a novel can be.”
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Zach Galifianakis Is Absurd
John Wray, author of the novel Lowboy, recently wrote “The Making of Zach Galifianakis” for The New York Times Magazine. Wray takes a long look at how the scruffy comedian, who leans more on performance art than old school stand…
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Blue Collar: A 1978 Film for 2009
While catching up on my long-neglected film reading, I found this fascinating article by Saul Austerlitz about Paul Schrader’s debut film, Blue Collar, which stars Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, and Yaphet Kotto as auto-plant assembly line workers driven to robbery…
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The Machine that Changed the World
Just in case you were looking for a compelling 5-part documentary series to watch for free over the weekend, consider The Machine that Changed the World, a history of computing jointly produced by WGBH Boston and the BBC in 1991.…
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The Rumpus Review of The Hangover
According to the opening credits, The Hangover is “A Todd Phillips Movie” not “A Todd Phillips Film.”
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“UP” Yours Brooks Barnes and Richard Greenfield
Shocker: Up nearly broke $70m, despite the drumbeat media coverage about how the supposed lack of interest from younger boys and no female lead would not interest audiences. Most egregious was the NY Times piece, which built its jittery thesis…
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The Rumpus Interview with Dave Hill
It’s kind of hard not to fall a little bit in love with someone who, immediately upon meeting up for a mid-afternoon interview, asks if it’s cool to stop at the liquor store first to buy a big bottle of…
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The Gotham Style
There’s a fantastic article on Life Without Buildings, Jimmy Stamp’s blog about architecture out of context, on how Gotham City came to have the look we know from the Tim Burton films (within the Batman universe, that is) and includes a…
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The Girlfriend Experience: Interviews and a Set Diary
I know: your interest in The Girlfriend Experience may have been exhausted by last week’s face-off between Stephen Elliott and Andrew Altschul. But if instead their disagreement only made you curious to learn even more, let me recommend this interview with…
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Oral History According to David Lynch: Interview Project
David Lynch’s most recent project seems to be a complete departure from the epic, surreal fictions that made him famous: a collection of oral histories of ordinary people, which he has called simply Interview Project. The research concept was straightforward:…