Modern Life is Rubbish: Antonioni on DVD
Benjamin Strong06.23.06
Finally…Why does it take so damn long to get the whole oeuvre of the best filmmakers out there on DVD (think David Lynch for instance?). Are they waiting on Blu-Ray? In any case at least The Passenger, one of Michelangelo Antonioni’s classics, has finally arrived, and Benjamin Strong has been itching to give the whole bunch a wrap up. With focus on the Italian’s gorgeous mise-en-scene, read and enjoy, then hit up Blockbusters, get your Netflix cue in order, or better, support your local independent movie store … mmmm … popcorn, deserves the non-microwave kind.
Titles a la Francaise
Jon Frosch06.20.06
Jon Frosch is a new writer for Fanzine and he explains France’s insidious plot to stereotype the children of America by retitling French releases of Hollywood films according to their whims. It might be lost in translation or maybe we were justified in the whole Freedom Fries affair. Either way, something is going on…
REVIEW: Philip Roth’s – Everyman
Sam Sacks05.23.06
As somewhat jaded, detached fans of Woody Allen’s personal life, Humbert Humbert, Gustave Von Aschenbach, etc… Fanzine doesn’t always wholly endorse its writers’ opinions as moral tautologies, yet we appreciate Sacks for beautifully nailing Philip Roth on a particular annoying tendency in American literature, the clichéd sexual braggadocio of the solopsistic veteran author.
REVIEW: In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders
Sam Sacks04.17.06
Sacks argues that Saunders, the author of the great CivilWarLand in Bad Decline and Pastoralia, might be treading water with the political satire on this one, a collection that is saved by a good old fashioned love story.
The New Big In Japan: Interview with Keith Rocka
Zoey Mondt03.28.06
Zoey Mondt talks to DJ Keith Rocka of Sea Otter about the MySpace music phenomenon, Bjork by proxy and living in L.A..
High School Musical: a review
Kevin Killian03.28.06
So you think the movie musical is dead? What about the made-for-TV musical? Kevin Killian takes on Disney’s High School Musical.
MUSIC: Interview with Mikey Heppner of Priestess
Richard Parks03.11.06
Richard Parks (normally a banjo and mandolin kind of man) talks to Mikey Heppner of the Canadian band Priestess about French mistranslations and the supposed cohesiveness of the Montreal scene, and is inspired to accompany his interview with some illustrations of classic hard rock poses. Photos by Parks as well.
Oscar’s Grouch: Robert Altman Takes His Like A Lamb
Benjamin Strong03.06.06
Well, everyone was expecting fireworks, the Michael Moore moment of 2006, but the 81 year old lion laid down with the lambs on Oscar night, and just promised more work to come.
Oscar Nosedive
Kevin Killian03.06.06
Did Jack Nicholson steal an Oscar again (like Jack Palance did in 1992)? Kevin Killian is shocked by Crash‘s upset over Brokeback Mountain at the Academy Awards Ceremony, and a tad bit perplexed over other happenings.
Review: Rip It Up and Start Again
Trinie Dalton02.27.06
Trinie Dalton reviews Simon Reynolds’ Rip it Up and Start Again: PostPunk 1978-1984 and takes issue with the term "Post-" but ultimately finds that Reynolds’ phenominally detailed book rescues the term for the better.
