In the new issue of Jacobin, Eileen Jones looks into why Buster Keaton hasn't been alone in his sympathy for the Confederacy. Also in today's roundup: Terence Nance's rap response to Straight Outta Compton, plus essays on Robert Bresson's The Devil, Probably, Michael Ritchie's Prime Cut, George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, Preston Sturges, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker, Barbara Steele, and Patrick Wang's The Grief of Others. Book reviews: Jonathan Rosenbaum on Richard Brody's biography of Jean-Luc Godard, the Nyt on Brian Kellow's biography of Hollywood agent Sue Mengers, the Film Stage on a new book on Bill Murray—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 8/21/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
In the new issue of Jacobin, Eileen Jones looks into why Buster Keaton hasn't been alone in his sympathy for the Confederacy. Also in today's roundup: Terence Nance's rap response to Straight Outta Compton, plus essays on Robert Bresson's The Devil, Probably, Michael Ritchie's Prime Cut, George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, Preston Sturges, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker, Barbara Steele, and Patrick Wang's The Grief of Others. Book reviews: Jonathan Rosenbaum on Richard Brody's biography of Jean-Luc Godard, the Nyt on Brian Kellow's biography of Hollywood agent Sue Mengers, the Film Stage on a new book on Bill Murray—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 8/21/2015
- Keyframe
"Mutability is no longer about the physical body's sad corruption, nor about the freshness of the New Thing. Enter Tao, exit Reason. To live in this flux, Zen demands mu, "unasking the question"—for the question invariably asks to preserve the unpreservable, in language of the reified present. What shall we call our culture of coping in this tide of historical samsara? Let us call it: mutopia." —István Csicsery-Rónay
Gore Verbinski made his name making blockbusters produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, a producer often associated with all the "wrongs" of Hollywood. And Verbinski’s most successful movies are seriously non-serious—even outright bizarre—roundelays of cartoon antics. The second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies, which he directed, were both bigger hits than his first installment and are jointly defined by their go-everywhere plotting, the characters' constant scheming, and one feat of derring-do set piece orchestration after another. They're also rather mordant,...
Gore Verbinski made his name making blockbusters produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, a producer often associated with all the "wrongs" of Hollywood. And Verbinski’s most successful movies are seriously non-serious—even outright bizarre—roundelays of cartoon antics. The second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies, which he directed, were both bigger hits than his first installment and are jointly defined by their go-everywhere plotting, the characters' constant scheming, and one feat of derring-do set piece orchestration after another. They're also rather mordant,...
- 11/11/2013
- by Ryland Walker Knight
- MUBI
Sunday, November 7, 2010, 9:00 Am 55 Music Concourse Drive Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Race begins in the space between the DeYoung Museum and the California Academy of Sciences Miles for Migraine celebrates its 3rd year on Sunday, November 7th, at 9 Am. Miles for Migraine is a non-profit event and will benefit the University of California Headache Center for Research and Clinical Practice of Headache. Founded by Eileen Jones in support of those who suffer from head pain, the race itself caters to runners who regularly enter weekend racing events as well as to those individuals and...
- 10/13/2010
- by Bonnie Steiger, SF Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
Maybe it only seems like the haters are more vocal when a movie is really really popular, but there’s a weird strand of Harry Potter hating going around that I simply don’t understand because it quite factually makes no sense at all, and yet this doesn’t stop anyone from spouting it. It’s perfectly expressed by Harry Potter hater Eileen Jones of eXiled Online (reposted at AlterNet): So Harry Potter, the latest one. How many more to go? Only two? Well, good, that means they'll finish up before the kids turn 30. That’s the subhead of her essay about why Harry Potter sucks. In other words, it’s really prominent on the page, suggesting that it’s something that her editors believe will attract the attention of lots of readers, theoretically -- one imagines -- in a positive way, and not -- as in my case...
- 7/21/2009
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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