I was never one for rave culture. To me the notion of spending the 1990’s listening to repetitive music, in rooms that is an abandoned warehouse by day, surrounded by drug-dropping drama queens is akin to a ten-year root canal. But after watching HIGH ON HOPE, I’m able to see where my theory is flawed.…
When we come to know something as an institution, the temptation is not to tinker with it. After all, the very nature of an institution is something that is steady…lasting…constant. The problem with that line of thinking is that those steady, constant ideas can find themselves irrelevant if they don’t adapt. Institutions can be as…
Jay Reatard is a hard person to sum up in so many words. There’s a lot about him that seems warm, forthcoming and joyful. On the other hand there are things that he’s done that make him seem maladjusted, standoffish, or an outright jerk. The truth is somewhere in between and it seems to be…
There are two things I know for certain about THE TREE OF LIFE: One: Those who watch it will either love it or hate it with very little landing in the middle. And two: I can’t remember the last film I wanted to watch again so badly. THE TREE OF LIFE is the story of…
J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg get to tell the sort of story they used to tell as kids – only now their toys are so much cooler.
So it would seem as though with my hard drive crashing, I’ve lost a handful of files that couldn’t be recovered. Can’t help but wonder if the spreadsheet I use to keep track of this feature is one of the casualties…not that it can’t easily be re-created. I might have crossed a new cinephile thresh…
No time to rest on our laurels, episode two is upon us. This week, Simon and I have Woody Allen in the locker, with an emphasis on his 1986 gem HANNAH AND HER SISTERS. If the embedded player doesn’t start, please tune in through Podomatic or The iTunes Music Store) Take a listen, and be…
