In honor of the Pitchfork Music Festival, here’s a collection of different versions of “Gloomy Sunday,” the “Hungarian Suicide Song”: There have been several urban legends regarding the song over the years, mostly involving it being allegedly connected with various numbers of suicides, and radio networks reacting by purportedly banning the song. However, most of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Antichrist’
Why Genre Will Prevail, in Peace and Freedom from Fear, and in True Health, through the Purity and Essence of Its Natural Fluids, God Bless You All
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Antichrist, Cats, fantasy, genre, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Milton, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Paradise Lost, Peter Jackson, Sherlock Holmes, T.S. Eliot, The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Thomas Pynchon on January 25, 2010 | 25 Comments »
re: John M. recently quoting something that Paul wrote at his blog, and re: Roxane’s recent post and the resulting epic thread regarding writing and its worth, I’d like to pick a bit more at the bones of genre fiction. I love genre, because genres are basically conventions. They’re expectations that both authors and readers [...]
My Favorite New Movies of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Agnès Varda, Andrzej Wajda, Antichrist, Bill Murray, Bradley Beesley, Bright Star, Bruno Delbonnel, Chaos Reigns, Chris Marker, Christian Petzold, Christmas on Mars, Christoph Waltz, David Mamet, David Yates, Fanny Brawne, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Frank Miller, George Salisbury, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hayao Miyazaki, Il Divo, Inglourious Basterds, J.J. Abrams, Jane Campion, Jerichow, John Keats, Katyń, Lars von Trier, Les Plages d’Agnès, Mike Stoklasa, Nicolas Roeg, Nightwatching, Oren Peli, Paolo Sorrentino, Paranormal Activity, Peter Greenaway, Ponyo, Puffball, Quentin Tarantino, Redbelt, Rembrandt, Richard Kelly, Ricky Jay, Rita Tushingham, sexism, Star Trek, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review, The Beaches of Agnes, The Box, The Spirit, torture porn, Tsai Ming-Liang, Visage (Face), Watchmen, Wayne Coyne, Wes Anderson, Whatever Works, Woody Allen, Zack Snyder on December 31, 2009 | 21 Comments »
[Update: 2010 is here] Here are my favorite new movies of 2009, like you care. I’m drawing from the films I saw in the theater this year, some of which were “officially” released a year or two ago. But they’re all new. …So, Mr. Cranky, what did you like?
Lars von Trier’s Slippery, Sloppy Antichrist
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 500 Days of Summer, Antichrist, B.F. Skinner, Bach's Cello Concertos, Bjork, Blue Velvet, Breaking the Waves, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dancer in the Dark, David Lynch, Dogville, Duplicity, Gerhardt Ritcher, Ingmar Bergman, Inland Empire, John Cassavetes, Lars von Trier, Martin Scorsese, Michael Haneke, Nicole Kidman, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, Willem Dafoe on November 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Lars has made some very good movies in his time. Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark and Dogville are all examples of exciting, provocative cinema. And now comes this–thing. I’m very mixed about this motion picture. Not torn up, not oozing, like after Eyes Wide Shut. There are some beautiful images in this film, [...]
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