Josh Rosenblatt
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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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The Hammer Show
When word came down last month that former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has been sentenced to three years in prison for conspiracy [...] Full Story -
Revenge of the B-Movie
Last month, the Texas Film Commission informed Texas director Robert Rodriguez that his blood-soaked comedy Machete would not be receiving state incentive funds, despite [...] Full Story -
Apocalyptic Vision
True Grit, the new Western from the Coen Brothers, opens with a quote from the Book of Proverbs: “The wicked flee when none pursueth.” [...] Full Story -
Free Your Mind
Last summer a record label, Recession Recordings, was born that spit in the face of everything a record label does. Not only did it [...] Full Story -
The Octopus Show
In the world of popular music, there may be no harder tightrope to walk than the one between experimentalism and mass appeal. The two [...] Full Story