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June 4, 2026
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The Impossible David Lynch Todd McGowan. New York: Tarcher/Group, 2007. Paperback, $26.50, 280pp. ISBN: 0-231-139551 The wacky world of David Lynch has seemed to grow into a cottage industry in[…]
Directors · Experimental & Underground
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending a screening of some of Kenneth Anger’s most recent short films – hosted by Mr. Anger himself. The legendary “underground filmmaker” was[…]
I’ve been revisiting the Sean Connery Bonds lately, on widescreen projection, where the immaculate detail and lush photography of airports, country roads, mosques, and Ealing Studio interiors come alive. But[…]
If you can’t remember, I’ll tell you, tonight is that greatest of all time travel movies, La Jatee (1961) at 1 AM EST on Turner Classic Movies. It’s short, it’s[…]
Activist & Political · African American · Reviews
“Wife, get a real life for yourself. Career woman, the career isn’t everything. Hussy, men still marry ladies. Lesbian, explore your ‘male’ issues … “
Fresh Starts Don’t Come Easy
The return of Jules and Jim?
“Don’t these children deserve the respect of a beautiful film?”
“Think, for Pete’s sake. What have you got now?”
Festivals & Awards · LGBT & Queer
Seeing queer lives from the U.S. and Canada to South Africa and Iran
Festivals & Awards · LGBT & Queer
Feisty orthodox Jewish dykes, globe-trotting ladyboys, fascistic Armani queens you know, the gang
“She hovered somewhere between the realest of realities and the most blatant of impersonations.”
Activist & Political · Essays · Silents
“The old world is dying away, and the new world struggles to come forth: now is the time of monsters.”
“The surprise musical number can represent a facile avoidance of complexity, a moment of true strangeness, or a way of harmonizing existing, underlying themes.”
“Farber’s writing is the pure antithesis of academic ornately sophisticated with a vernacular punch, stuffed with contradictory statements and astounding paradoxes.”
“Mother … my mother … um, what’s the phrase? She isn’t quite herself today.”
“It is an opportunity to film people and events that could be recalled at any time to affirm, lament, or challenge a moment in time in this troubled region.”
Composers · Essays · Music & Musicals
“Alexei must be condemned to the pointless, loveless, and finally false freedom of a spinning limbo, as unfinished and unfinishable as the best Bakhtinian polyphony.”
