Obsession, Hope and Glory, Part One: Percy Fawcett’s Excellent Adventure (9/09)
Sean MurphyLook at that guy. They don’t make them like that anymore. The thing is, they...
The Insider: Ten Years Later (3/09)
Toward the end of Sydney Lumet’s ’70s classic Serpico there is an unnerving scene that...
Some day a real rain will come: One Year Later
Voices In Our Heads You talking to me? It is the pivotal scene in Scorsese’s...
“In my stories is where I live.” (2/09)
Of few writers can it more accurately be said that it is the work, not...
It’s All Part of Der Process (12/08)*
From Andrew Sullivan’s invaluable blog (TheDailyDish), comes the following (quoted from Roger Cohen’s typically sane...
Prog Rock is Never Dead; It’s Just Resting Until the Next Round of Reissues, or, Two from Gentle Giant
Reissues From An Era When Giants Roamed the Earth For all the critical savaging Yes,...
Deus ex machina*
Was that as bad for you as it was for me? That’s the question I did...
Kicking off the New Year with Rashanim
2011 is so last year. What, you might ask, can we look forward to in...
2011: Time To Die (Part Two: July-December)
2011: In pace requiescat! 7/26/11: Whenever an artist dies too young, particularly when it is...
2011: Time To Die (Part One: January-June)
2011: In pace requiescat! The new year kicked off with unfortunate news when word of...