IMPRINTS 2: Jeff Hobbs, Steven Hall, Joan Didion, Richard Yates, John Gregory Dunn…
Zach Baron06.28.07
Zach Baron’s second installment of Imprints runs the gamut from first-time novelists Jeff Hobbs (The Tourists, touted as "your ticket to snide fun in Manhattan" by USA Today) and Steven Hall (The Raw Shark Texts, about which critical quips have not been provided by Mr. Baron, or USA Today) to Joan Didion, Richard Yates, John Gregory Dunn, and Don DeLillo.
IMPRINTS 1: Don Delillo, Simon Rich and Joshua Ferris
Zach Baron05.19.07
Imprints is the debut of Zach Baron’s monthly book review column. This month Baron reviews Don Delillo’s newest, Falling Man, Simon Rich’s Ant Farm, and Joshua Ferris’s Then We Came To The End.
CocoRosie: The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn, a review
Brandon Stosuy05.19.07
CocoRosie blends music boxes and creaky Victrolas, speak-and-spells and rainbows, a rooster’s cacaphony with hip-hop, track suits and moustaches with pill-box hats. They also have a new record, The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn, out on Touch and Go. Brandon Stosuy takes a break from heavy metal to review it here.
Oscar Agonistes: The 2007 Academy Awards Take 2
Benjamin Strong02.26.07
Scorsese scored one finally, but give some props to the departed, the deceased (not the film) that is, like Robert Altman, Ben Strong says about this year’s politically tame Oscar ceremony. Also be sure to check out Kevin Killian’s Oscar coverage.
Oscar Goes Green: The 2007 Academy Awards
Kevin Killian02.26.07
With no real horse races this year at the Academy Awards, Killian finds quite a bit to be grumpy about. Also be sure to check out Benjamin Strong’s Oscar coverage.
That Odd-looking Object of Desire
Jon Frosch11.04.06
Jon Frosch totally has a thing for Charlotte Gainsbourg, who stars in Michel Gondry’s newest film, The Science of Sleep, which may win the award for cutest movie of the year. There’s something about her that you can’t put your finger on… Jon Frosch happily takes the case.
Video Killed the Film Director
Benjamin Strong10.08.06
David Lynch’s Inland Empire is his most enigmatic movie yet. And it’s our first masterpiece of the DV era. It will be screening tonight, Monday October 8th at the New York Film Festival.
Alida Valli, Farewell Valli
Kevin Killian09.29.06
If nothing else, Fanzine has no shortage of writers with encyclopedic knowledge of the movie industry over the last century. Kevin Killian returns to Fanzine with a piece on Alida Valli, via Glenn Ford. Trademark Killian writing here—fast paced and entertaining with an incredible detail. My favorite line: "It’s like she ordered two hams, and here they are."
A Cinema of Poverty: an interview with Caveh Zahedi
Gean Moreno09.11.06
One of the first things I saw from Caveh Zahedi was a clip of him trying to convince Will Oldham to do mushrooms with him. Later, I saw a video-still of Oldham laughing wildly and driving through the woods in what looks like a fancy go-kart. It wouldn’t be the only time Zahedi documented psychedelic indulgences, but there’s more to his films than just tripping out. Gean Moreno interviews the no-budget filmmaker about confession, fandom, and divine intervention.
Changing Times: a film by Andre Techine
Jon Frosch08.03.06
Jon Frosch brings us the work of André Téchiné, a French filmmaker we should all probably know by now, but probably don’t. Frosch reviews Téchiné’s latest film Changing Times, featuring Gérard Depardieu and the ever timeless Catherine Deneuve.
