Remember this guy? In the early spring of 2001 I got a call from Tom Bissell, who was then an editor at Henry Holt. I had been referred to Tom…
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Dear Professional Film Critic, does the movie American Sniper really “glorify a killer?” Well, gosh, you put it that way, it sounds pretty terrible. But some outlets and individuals are…
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Even skeptics can anticipate. I won't be seeing Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Birdman (a still is above, featuring costars Michael Keaton and Edward Norton) until about a month from now, and…
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1) Music Without Words Is Kind Of Inherently Lame, No? In 1967, after the death of his Orchestra's vital composer, arranger, and pianist Billy Strayhorn (who succumbed to cancer at…
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At left: Lithograph of the cover art for Acid Eaters, The Ramones, 1993, signed by the members of the group at the time. A couple of weeks ago I was…
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No blues: Charlotte Rampling in Lumet's The Verdict, 1982 Q: You've talked about the irony of how some critics referred to Prince of the City as "realistic" whereas you deliberately…
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