In Robin Wood's 1981 introduction to his seminal study of Howard Hawks, Wood cites "an extreme and habitual self-consciousness" as a characteristic of modern art, one to which he has…
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If you think I'm going to easily let go of the fact that Channing Tatum's character in White House Down is named "John Cale," you don't know me very well.…
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HOMAGE TO WBY after you read all them books all that history and philosophy and things what do you know that you didn’t know before? Thin sheets of gold…
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I went on a bit of a Faulkner reading jag recently, looking into As I Lay Dying, Sanctuary, and Pylon for the first time since college at least. The experience…
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In Not Fade Away, David Chase, 2012. David Chase used his secret sharer James Gandolfini in a quietly devastating way in his feature film writing/directing debut last year, Not Fade…
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Ashlie Atkinson and Rachel Style It can be kind of awkward when you become friendly with someone who labors in the arts and you're not familiar with their work. The…
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