10/40/70 #29: Duel in the Sun
This ongoing experiment in film writing freezes a film at 10, 40, and 70 minutes, and keeps the commentary as close to those frames as possible. This week, I examine…
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Hammer and Landslide, an Exhilaration
Watson’s skill here, as on so many pages, is to be accessible and kinetic while seeing something new in a common experience. Her sight is so unique, her inner editor…
FUNNY WOMEN #40: Music Quiz
Not only are women not funny, but also they don’t know anything about music.
The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Rumpus Women
On Tuesday, November 30th, the Rumpus Book Club had about fifty people, including at least a dozen of the Rumpus Women authors, online at once. The discussions, which in real-time…
Ted Wilson reviews the World #64
SUPERMAN ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Superman.
The Way We Live Now
Two recent books by Asian American writers confront stereotypes while exploring the rich interiority of the characters’ lives.
James Franco In a Chair On a Stage
The actor/artist/writer/director talks for four hours about his process; young writer takes notes:
Swinging Modern Sounds #27: All Things Must Pass
On 11/29, a band in Brooklyn called The Universal Thump staged a fortieth anniversary rehabilitation of George Harrison’s monumental All Things Must Pass album.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #58: The Light That Just Entered the Room
Your letter is a litany of contradictions, much to my relief. It tells me there is a space between what’s perceived and what’s possible.
MEANWHILE,: The San Francisco Dog Walkers
Wendy MacNaughton illustrates the world of San Francisco dog walkers.
Get Off Your Ass and Blow Shit Up
The Avian Gospels is a strange, compelling parable about an authoritarian city-state, an underground resistance, and a plague of mysterious birds.