Glenn Kenny, Author at Funerals & Snakes

Books Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"Missing Reels" and "The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing:" Two Very Different Movie-Mad Novels

This month sees the publication of two novels about both movies and movie love—or movie…

Glenn KennyNovember 11, 2014

In Memoriam Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Three direct experiences of Jack Bruce

1: First time I saw Jack Bruce play was at the performing arts center at William…

Glenn KennyNovember 6, 2014

Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

The Invented Worlds Of "Birdman" And "Whiplash"

(Note: this post gives away a number of plot points to both Birdman and Whiplash,…

Glenn KennyOctober 24, 2014

Events Housekeeping Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Watching the detectives, and other housekeeping notes

I've neglected to mention in this spot that I'm hosting another film series at the…

Glenn KennyOctober 22, 2014

Housekeeping Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Lit

I wrote a piece for Gawker, which went up yesterday, about long, ostensibly difficult works…

Glenn KennyOctober 9, 2014

Affinities Auteurs Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"Gone Girl" and the deplorable evolution of the "Cool Girl"

"and every thang is keeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwllll....ooh lord!..." Back in 1985, when I was beginning my “career”…

Glenn KennyOctober 7, 2014

Adaptation Events Movie assessment Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

A few early notes on the film version of "Inherent Vice"

Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel Inherent Vice opens with an epigraph: "Under the paving stones, the…

Glenn KennyOctober 5, 2014

DVD Great Art Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Foreign Region DVD Report: "A Jester's Tale," Karel Zeman, 1964

Last month the Film Society of Lincoln Center showed, as part of its "Strange Lands:…

Glenn KennySeptember 7, 2014

Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

The current cinema, Female Trouble Edition

Yes, I do want fries with that: Carla Juri and Some Dude™ in Wetlands This…

Glenn KennySeptember 5, 2014

Criticism Directors Events Festivals Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Waiting For "Birdman"

Even skeptics can anticipate. I won't be seeing Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Birdman (a still is…

Glenn KennySeptember 4, 2014

Glenn Kenny

"Missing Reels" and "The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing:" Two Very Different Movie-Mad Novels

Three direct experiences of Jack Bruce

The Invented Worlds Of "Birdman" And "Whiplash"

Watching the detectives, and other housekeeping notes

Lit

A few early notes on the film version of "Inherent Vice"

Foreign Region DVD Report: "A Jester's Tale," Karel Zeman, 1964

The current cinema, Female Trouble Edition

Waiting For "Birdman"

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