Mailer and Germaine Greer in 1971.
From the Guardian: “It was a quiet end to one of the loudest and most controversial voices in American letters.”
From Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker’s astonishing Town Bloody Hall, comes this immortal bit of Mailer: “If you wish me to act the clown, I will take out my modest little […]
Here is a link to my review of Foster Hirsch’s biography of Otto Preminger in the Los Angeles Times Book Review. Known as “Otto the Terrible,” the director was legendary for bullying actors, although Kathryn Grant managed to overcome her fear of the man during the filming of Anatomy of A Murder by relying on […]
There is the summer pop song, the summer blockbuster, and for some, the summer font, so of course there is the summer drink. In recent summers, it’s been Campari and soda—which should not be confused, a friend tells me, with Campari Soda.
A little research reveals that the deep crimson color comes from carminic acid extracted […]
Trailer for Eclipse (1962).
“Modern Life is Rubbish: Antonioni on DVD,” Benjamin Strong in Fanzine
“A Chronicler of Alienated Europeans in a Flimsy New World,” Stephen Holden in The New York Times
“Hold That Shot: The languorous, achingly hip films of Michelangelo Antonioni,” Dennis Lim in Slate
“One of the most hauntingly beautiful shots in the history of film,” says a YouTube viewer:
Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson in Persona.
Ingmar Bergman (IMDB)
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman dies at 89 (LA Times)
Ingmar Bergman, Famed Swedish Director, Dies at 89 (NY Times)
“Smorgasbord,” Anthony Lane’s profile in The New Yorker, June 14, 2004
French and Saunders
Persona Grata, Melissa […]
I suppose it was bound to happen.
Last night, in Evergreen Video on Carmine St., I eavesdropped on another customer’s conversation, and then asked the clerk to confirm what I’d just heard, which was that my favorite video store was closing on June 30.
“Is it Netflix?” I asked, feeling remorse for having joined.
He shook his […]
Links to recent reviews: a Mel Brooks biography and Don Rickles’ memoir in the New York Times Book Review; Rebecca Solnit’s essay collection, Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics, in Bookforum’s summer issue; and Michael Ondaatje’s Divisadero in the latest Time Out New York.
Over at Feast of Fools, John Q. Sanchez patrols the internet so you don’t have to. Check out the video bounty of Tasty Zine. Here’s a sample:
Debbie Harry and the Muppets
A gray, rainy day calls for the blonds of yesteryear:
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Jim as Jack Bolton in Poison
I was very sad to learn that Jim Lyons died last Thursday. Known largely as a film editor, Jim was also an actor and a writer. He was a true and passionate cinéaste and a deeply generous man. It is difficult to put words to this tremendous loss, and so […]