Friday, May 25 2012
Cannes 2012: Day 8 - ‘On the Road’ + ‘Post Tenebras Lux’
Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas' Post Tenebras Lux is the most visionary film of this year's Cannes festival. Meanwhile Walter Salles takes on Jack Kerouac’s cult coming-of-age novel, On the Road.
Monday, March 8 2010
The German Issue: Still Straddling the Berlin Wall
The German Issue provides us with a time capsule from a very different era, but so much of its content remains pertinent.
Friday, July 17 2009
An Unlikely Candidate for Influence: ‘Naked Lunch’ at 50 Years Young
William S. Burroughs changed the way writers would think of honesty in literature, achieving the mark of true greatness in 20th century literature by releasing the last banned book in the United States.
Friday, March 20 2009
Little Murders: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
This is not Tom Brokaw’s Greatest Generation but, rather, Hunter S. Thompson’s Generation of Swine, the urban home front during the waning days of World War II, gritty and unvarnished, and chillingly reflective of modern sociology.
Friday, March 13 2009
Obscene: A Biography of the Life and Career of Renowned Publisher Barney Rosset
A fierce, funny and informative look at the most influential publisher of the 20th century, from Rosset's literary firsts to his crusade against censorship and continuing cultural impact.
Tuesday, December 2 2008
The Letters of Allen Ginsberg
Ginsberg was hyperaware of the frequent charge that Beat poetry was little more than improvised mumbo jumbo baked from jazz records and marijuana smoke.
Tuesday, September 23 2008
Why Does the Mix CD Still Exist?
DJ Spooky has a new book and album that each explore remix culture. But what value is the single mix CD in an era where remix culture floods the distribution network with endless freely distributed combinations?
Friday, August 29 2008
Robert Frank: The Complete Film Works: Volumes 1, 2 & 3
As Frank’s films reveal, a lack of access to avant-garde cinema is a collective denial of a vital part of our selves.
