May 2011
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February 2011
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Blue Valentine
Starring: Michelle Williams & Ryan Gosling
Director: Derek Cianfrance
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Their love has gone missing, and Cianfrance leaves it up to the viewer to decide...
– Katy Hall, Huffington Post, on Blue Valentine
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January 2011
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December 2010
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November 2010
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People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working...
– Kurt Vonnegut - Cat’s Cradle
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Our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared, some of them, for a few...
– Orson Welles - F for Fake - 1974
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The humbling truth is that a film is made in the editing room. The most...
– David Mamet
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The Benjamin Button Election →
Jennifer Senior - New York Magazine - October 31, 2010
“In bad times, we frequently suspend what we know about politics—most crucially, how difficult change is—and choose to believe that this time, by pulling a lever or touching a screen, the choice we make will have a magical effect.”
”’Yes, we can’ is seldom real. We need people to say it—we needed Martin...
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When self-esteem is no longer linked to hard work and achievement, it’s not a...
– Jennifer Senior - ‘The Benjamin Button Election’ - New York Magazine - October 31, 2010
October 2010
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"What Was the Hipster?" →
Mark Greif - New York Magazine - October 24, 2010
“The hipster moment did not produce artists, but tattoo artists. It did not yield a great literature, but it made good use of fonts.”
“The hipster is that person […] who in fact aligns himself both with rebel subculture and with the dominant class, and thus opens up a poisonous conduit between the two.”
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“How To Make It In America”
I gave this show a chance a few months ago and didn’t really like it, but I do love the opening title sequence a lot.
Produced by Radical Media
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September 2010
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Mad Men’s protagonists inhabit the forefront of the New Frontier and the...
– Eric Konigsberg, “A Fine Madness” - Rolling Stone, September 16, 2010
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August 2010
12 posts
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