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Film

• Film

  05.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I watched Michael Clayton last night. When I finished, I walked to my computer to check the news and learned that its producer and co-star, Sydney Pollack, had passed away. The man was a fine director and an excellent actor (I remember his scenes, more than anything else, in Eyes Wide Shut); David Edelstein has [...]

• Film

  in lieu of saying anything about the film ‘reprise’…

  05.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  …I’m going to link to David Edelstein’s review of the same, and follow with a “what he said”.

• Film, Music

  music + film links: monday night

  05.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One: Robert Christgau on Ken Braun of the Sterns label, with a particular focus on last year’s amazing Tabu Ley Rochereau compilation The Voice of Lightness.
  Two: Daphne Carr on the No Fun Fest.
  Three: Jessica Suarez interviews Islands on their new Arm’s Way. I’ll have some lengthier thoughts on the record in question on this space [...]

• Film, NYC, Politics

  Sunday links? Sunday links.

  05.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One: Rob Walker on reviving defunct brands, and the selective, not entirely reliable of the American consumer.
  Two: Matt Fraction on the recent activities of your favorite filmmakers.
  Three: Skyfarms, via Reihan Salam. My mind is blown.

• Film, Music

  assorted critical links for tuesday

  05.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One: Matthew Perpetua offers multiple perspectives on No Age.
  Two: Molly Templeton provides select links to the ongoing debate on summer movies, superheroes, and dudes.
  Three: SB on feminism, Grand Theft Auto, and street hockey.
  Four: Reihan Salam asks where Santogold stands regarding the Democratic primary.

• Books, Film, Music

  one-thirty a.m. links for friday

  05.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One: Reihan Salam on the anarchist politics of Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay.
  Two: Given that I’ve been known to post a fair amount of praise in the direction of High Places, the news that they’ve signed with Thrill Jockey seems like a fine fit for all concerned.
  Three: Also in the category of artists [...]

• Film, Music, Politics

  three links for tuesday, compiled while listening to wild billy childish and the blackhands

  04.29.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  One: Jody Rosen on Mariah Carey. When I got to the part about John Bonham, my jaw dropped, because it makes complete sense.
  Two: Timothy Noah on Peggy Noonan’s criticism of Barack Obama.
  Three: Matt Zoller Seitz leaves print journalism for filmmaking. His debut, Home, is highly recommended.

• Books, Film, Music, Politics

  the sound of rain on an unused air conditioner: monday morning links

  04.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One: David Edelstein looks at Iron Man and Redbelt.
  Two: Spencer Ackerman on Leon Wieseltier’s review of Martin Amis’s The Second Plane.
  Three: I’m going to have some longer thoughts on Reihan Salam’s Slate essay on the concept of a music tax forthcoming. For now, though: the link.

• Books, Film

  baseball in media

  04.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This week, Slate has a piece up by Matthew McGough on the recent DVD reissues of Bull Durham and Eight Men Out.
  This is as good a time as any to plug a recent piece I did for eMusic on books about baseball, including McGough’s fine memoir Bat Boy.

• Film, Music

  a film and music link on this thursday night

  04.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Preparation for EMP has kept me busy as of late, but here’s one link for your consideration, via The House Next Door: Armond White on Shine a Light.

• Film

  weir!

  04.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Ever so often, regardless of who’s around, I’ll go into a lengthy spiel on the overall underratedness of Peter Weir. I was raised on many a Weir film: my mother’s particularly fond of The Year of Living Dangerously, and a good chunk of my junior year English class in high school focused on themes from [...]

• Film, Music

  constantines postscript

  03.31.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Walking around the Lower East Side today, I caught sight of a few posters for the new Martin Scorsese/Rolling Stones film Shine A Light (obligatory David Edelstein review link) touting the IMAX version. And as cool as that might be, I could only imagine — given their album of the same name — what a [...]

• Books, Film, Music

  a quintet of monday night links while I listen to politically charged folk music

  03.31.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One: Hot damn, Cloak and Dagger. I definitely remember friends of mine watching this in my youth. That said, all I can actually recall about the film itself are two things: Dabney Coleman and spies. Which are, admittedly, two pretty nifty things.
  Two: Reihan Salam on the idea of a “music tax”. Interestingly, the comments section [...]

• Film

  “I just…killed a monkey.”

  02.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m pretty fond of Eugene Mirman’s comedy, so it shouldn’t come as a shock that this had moments where I found myself rewinding again and again. Especially the part about meat loaf. (Via brooklynvegan.)

• Film, Me, Music

  odds and ends, 2 am

  02.15.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  One: I will admit, the trailer for the new Indiana Jones film made me kinda giddy. And I’m not a dude who uses “giddy” lightly.
  Two: Last summer, I saw The King of Kong and enjoyed it. Watching it at the time, the conflict at the center of the film seemed like the sort of thing [...]

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