"The Jews, Masters of the French Cinema," reads the head of an appalling photo-mural from pre-Vichy France, an upsetting and striking image from Natan. David Cairns, the blogger behind shadowplay,…
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The audio on the above imbed is not, you know, safe for the workplace, and may in fact piss you off in some way even if you listen to it…
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Bette Davis in Deception, 1946, directed by Irving Rapper, shot by Ernest Haller. Claude Rains in same. The two subsequent shots are joined by a dissolve; the above screen capture…
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Bells≥ at the Tiger Lounge, May 4. Chris Ernst, Zach Barocas, Stephen Shodin. Photo by D. Robert Wolchek. As a New York dweller who's often virtually consumed by the exigencies…
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WARNING: This piece should only be read after you've seen The Wolf of Wall Street. Thanks. Writing about the Randy Newman album Born Again in 1978, the critic Robert Christgau…
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