Monthly Archives: February 2009 »
Revisit: Godspeed You! Black Emperor: f#a#∞
Revisit: Godspeed You! Black Emperor F#A#∞ 1997 Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s f#a#∞ still stands as one of the most
Read More »Ethan Rose: Oaks
Ethan Rose Oaks Rating: 4.0 Label: Holocene Music buy it at insound! One of the coolest gifts I received for Christmas this past year came from an unlikely giver. As a music critic, I
Read More »The Bird and the Bee: Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
The Bird and the Bee Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future Rating: 3.5 Label: Blue Note buy it at insound! There’s such a thing as too smooth – not just in the adolescent-boy-wearing-too-much-Brut
Read More »In Depth: The Documentaries of Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog, the mad filmmaker of Germany, is a man of extremity. His actions have become legendary amongst cineastes and cinephiles, who exchange stories of Herzog eating his own shoe to fulfill a bet,
Read More »The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema
The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema Director: Sophie Fiennes Rating: 3.0 Lone Star Productions 150 Minutes Do you like movies, but feel reviews and criticism too often lack phrases such as “radical ambiguity,” “Oedipal imbroglio,”
Read More »Of Time and the City
Of Time and the City Dir: Terence Davies Rating: 2.0 Strand Releasing 72 Minutes Terence Davies is a director widely regarded in the world of art-house cinema for his exploration of families and the
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