Jacques Tati’s Trafic on Criterion DVD
Jonathan Rosenbaum06.26.08
Critic and scholar Jonathan Rosenbaum has written definitively about French director Jacques Tati over the years; Fanzine is pleased to have Rosenbaum’s take on Tati’s Trafic, newly available on DVD from the Criterion Collection.
The Big Hit
Tom Flynn06.23.08
Wimbledon 2008 is in the books, and a couple of weeks prior, Tom Flynn had predicted another classic Nadal/Federer rematch, wondering if Nadal’s "big hit" forearm would overcome the Swiss on grass, or if the clay king would need a little more of that old Tracy Austin finesse – and less of the Peter Fleming kill shots – Flynn recalled from the tennis heros of his youth… (Well after 5 long sets and a little rain, the Spaniard used a little bit of everything to end Federer’s reign at Wimbledom, stopping him shy of 6 titles in a row). Art by Danny Jock.
PhillySound Poets
Thom Donovan06.21.08
Since 2003, CAConrad and a band of Philly poets have coedited the blog, PhillySound. As the first installment in a series devoted exclusively to poetry communities and small press cultures, Conrad gathers eleven poets involved with PhillySound. Read selections of poems online from some of the most vital poets currently working in the city of brotherly love. The Fanzine poetry series is hosted by Thom Donovan.
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“Purple Dolphin”
Nick Sylvester06.18.08
Well we had to get this joke out of the way from the git-go…that it’s a true blast to finally read Nick Sylvester’s "real" fiction (which is to say if the gonzo reporting tradition was never your cup of tea, then there are plenty of News Corp. outlets out there now to get your "facts" from…). Here’s a chapter from Sylvester’s debut novel, the forthcoming Ten Minute Wait about "a secret society of waiters on the brink of exposure, a mistranslation that triggers a city-wide kitchen staff revolt, and a desperate downtown poet-waiter type who accidentally becomes famous off a silly pomo gag." Art by Danny Jock.
Christian Don’t
Michael Louie06.12.08
I know I swore I wouldn’t be fooled again after getting shammed at that Sham 69 show like six months back, but I did, and I felt even more dumb…
Cinephiles rejoice
The Fanzine06.05.08
The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY has launched Moving Image Source, a handsome new site for top-notch film criticism and scholarship….
Talk Show 14 with Elisa Albert, Anita Diamant, Michael Lowenthal & Jim Shepard
Jaime Clarke06.02.08
What is your generational moment?…That collectively binding experience that those roughly your own age can instantly recall with vivid, almost photgraphic abhorant pain or glee (well generally, as here, these moments tend toward those that produce the former emotion rather than the latter). Host Jaime Clarke moderates the talk around the topic with writers Elisa Albert, Anita Diamant, Michael Lowenthal & Jim Shepard. Art by Danny Jock.
