Josh Rosenblatt
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JFK’s Cinematic Legacy
Several years ago, I visited a friend in Dallas. While I was there I went to Dealey Plaza, scene of one of the most [...] Full Story -
Documentary’s Focus Is Subject to Debate
Now that Friday Night Lights has completed its fifth and final season, it might be an appropriate time for our football-crazy state to consider [...] Full Story -
Coming Home
The small town of Hancock in Michigan’s sparsely populated Upper Peninsula is a land of snow drifts, saw mills and economic decline. It’s the [...] Full Story -
Rick Perry’s Pronunciation Problem
During a particularly heated exchange between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry at last week’s Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas, the governor of Texas [...] Full Story -
Slacking off in Austin
Though few people listened to the Velvet Underground when they were making records in the 1960s, it’s said that those who did went off [...] Full Story
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Life Or Nothing Like It
Byington’s latest employs a rigid devotion to deadpan, keeping the story’s humanity at a safe and manageable distance, locked behind walls of dispassion. Full Story -
What’s the Frequency, Terrence? Malick Returns With To the Wonder
Maybe it’s best after all that Malick wait years between movies. Full Story -
Portrait of Wally Recounts Sordid History of Egon Schiele’s Painting of his Muse
Schiele painted “Portrait of Wally” in 1912. In it, the artist’s mistress and muse, Valerie “Wally” Neuzil, is clothed nearly to her chin in a garment resembling a long-sleeve puritan gown, complete with a white Bertha collar. Full Story -
The Dictator on the Ranch
The late spring of 1961 was a rough time for President John F. Kennedy. The residual thrills from his inauguration in January and his [...] Full Story -
Friedkin Continues Career Dive
After the one-two punch of The French Connection and The Exorcist in the early 1970s, William Friedkin was on top of the world. The [...] Full Story
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