J. Hoberman ended his excellent and largely admiring review of Geoff Dyer's new book, a lengthy, discursive, highly personal exploration/exegesis of and or "riff" on Andrei Tarkovsky's 1978 film Stalker…
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Hello, remember me? Equipment: Playstation 3, domestic discs, OPPO BDP 83, import discs, Panasonic Viera TC-P50S30 the display, Pioneer Elite VSX-817 AV the amp. Anatomy of a Murder (Criterion) Even…
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I recently began writing a cultural column for a website that addresses the concerns of citizens over fifty years of age. Yeah, I know. You can't read it yet because…
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Or perhaps not. On exiting a Wednesday night screening of Project X, I was surprised to encounter an esteemed cultural critic of my acquaintance, someone I never expected to be…
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Female Vampire, Jess Franco, 1973 The Spanish actress took her film alias from a big-band singer her mentor, director Jess Franco, particularly admired. She outlived her namesake by about two…
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