Glenn Kenny, Author at Funerals & Snakes

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FInal blast from the past

I was recently recollecting the bad old days when I thought I was some kind…

Glenn KennyMarch 28, 2015

Images nostalgia Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

I Was A Baby Lou Costello, and other blasts from the past

The young Costello doppelgänger is, yes, your humble correspondent, somewhere between years 1960 and 1962…

Glenn KennyMarch 20, 2015

In Memoriam Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Mom

1. The first movie I’m reputed to have set eyes upon was Psycho, which my…

Glenn KennyMarch 18, 2015

Frivolity Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Subject For Further Research

"Childhood Doll Hating In Female Coming-Of-Age Films Of The Late '50s-Early '60s" Jean Seberg in…

Glenn KennyMarch 5, 2015

Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

My own inappropriate viewing

I did not participate in today's CriticWire poll about "Inappropriate Viewing" (an entire generation of…

Glenn KennyMarch 3, 2015

Aesthetics Auteurs Great Art Images Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"Splendor In The Grass"

1961. Directed by Elia Kazan. Director of Photography, Boris Kaufman. Actors,…

Glenn KennyFebruary 27, 2015

Criticism Personal history Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Jar Jar Binks, Todd Hanson, David Foster Wallace, and me

Remember this guy? In the early spring of 2001 I got a call from Tom…

Glenn KennyFebruary 8, 2015

Auteurs Great Art Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

The current cinema, M-word edition

I think both Alexei German's Hard To Be A God (above) and Abderrahamane Sisako's Timbuktu are…

Glenn KennyJanuary 30, 2015

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The peculiar current cinema

This week, for RogerEbert.com, I explain why I'm not as crazy about Peter Strickland's The…

Glenn KennyJanuary 23, 2015

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A professional film critic™ answers your "American Sniper" questions

Dear Professional Film Critic, does the movie American Sniper really “glorify a killer?” Well, gosh,…

Glenn KennyJanuary 20, 2015

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