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Dalkey Archive Press

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Champaign, Dalkey Archive Press, Jeremy M. Davies, John O'Brien, Mecca, realtor-walkthrough video on December 23, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Until I make my pilgrimage to Champaign, this realtor-walkthrough video of Dalkey Archive’s warehouse (squired by founder John O’Brien, no less!) will have to do: Icouldn’tgetthisvideotoembednomatterwhatIdidsopleaseclickheretoseethevideoit’sworthitIpromise With some insight into the workings and history of Dalkey from O’Brien and Jeremy Davies.

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In Memory of Raúl Ruiz (a guest post by Jeremy M. Davies)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, J. Hoberman, Jeremy M. Davies, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Mysteries of Lisbon, Poetics of Cinema, Raúl Ruiz, Raoul Ruiz, Three Crowns of the Sailor on August 20, 2011 | 9 Comments »

These are the days that try cinephiles’ souls, and I suppose one may give one’s penchant for hyperbole a little extra elbow room on such mornings. Suffice to say that if I had a favorite living filmmaker, Ra(o)úl Ruiz was he. The only film course I’ve ever taught was on Ruiz; I’ve proselytized for him [...]

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Azazel with tail X-Men First Class

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies, Azazel, Dick Giordano, djinn, Jason Flemyng, Jeremy M. Davies, jinn, Kal-El, Kandor, Kelley Jones, Matthew Vaughn, neil gaiman, P. Craig Russell, scapegoat, Season of Mists, Superman, The Sandman, Torah, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men, X-Men: First Class on August 6, 2011 | 8 Comments »

For over two weeks now, this picture’s been getting a lot of hits here at Big Other: 364 total page views, and counting. Just the image, mind you—not an actual post. What makes this even funnier is that this JPEG never appeared in a Big Other post (well, until now). Instead, it’s a leftover from [...]

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Reading Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, part 7

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ace the Bat-Hound, Adam West, Atlas Comics, Bat-Girl, Bat-Mite, Batman, Batman (TV series), Batman Begins, Batman Returns, Batman The Animated Series, Batman: Year One, Batwoman, Bradford W Wright, Bronze Age of Comics, camp, Carmine Infantino, Christopher Nolan, Comics Code Authority, Darren Aronofsky, David Mazzucchelli, DC Comics, Dennis O'Neil, Dick Giordano, Frank Miller, Frederic Wertham, Green Arrow, Jeremy M. Davies, Joel Schumacher, Julius Schwartz, Les Daniels, Liam Neeson, Martians, Marvel Comics, Neal Adams, Ra's al Ghul, Sheldon Moldoff, Silver Age of Comics, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Returns, The Seduction of the Innocent, Tim Burton, Win Mortimer, X-Men on July 18, 2011 | 9 Comments »

Seventeen years have passed since my last installment in this series, so let’s at last sit down and write some kind of conclusion. But first, a recap: Part 1 and Part 2 provided background for Frank Miller’s groundbreaking four-issue comics miniseries—namely, I described what he’d been up to prior to that, as well as what [...]

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A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: X-Men: First Class

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies, A D Jameson, Angel Salvadore, Apt Pupil, Ben Gazzara, blockbusters, Bryan Singer, Buck Henry, Christopher Nolan, Cuban Missile Crisis, Dan Green, Doom Patrol, Emma Frost, Frank Quitely, Gena Rowlands, Grant Morrison, Hollywood, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Inception, James McAvoy, Jeremy M. Davies, John Cassavetes, Magneto, Marc Silvestri, Michael Fassbender, Mister Sinister, Moira MacTaggert, New X-Men, Norman Jewison, Patrick Stewart, Peter Falk, Professor Xavier, Saint Jack, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sebastian Shaw, sexiness, Seymour Cassel, short shorts, Superman Returns, The 1960s, The Holy Mountain, The Tree of Life, The Usual Suspects, Timothy Carey, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men: First Class, X2 on July 11, 2011 | 11 Comments »

A D: Much like how you hated The Tree of Life, Jeremy, I hated Bryan Singer’s two X-Men films. Hated them! Jeremy: What, seriously? They made you physically ill? Yes, seriously, ill. I would have gnawed my own arm off to escape, if it hadn’t meant forfeiting my malt balls.

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A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: The Tree of Life

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies, A D Jameson, Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrew O'Hehir, Andy Goldsworthy, Barry Lyndon, Brad Pitt, Cannes, continuity editing, Culloden, Curtis White, Days of Heaven, dinosaurs, Douglas Trumbull, Ennio Morricone, George Lucas, Grimlock, Gummo, Haskell Wexler, Henry James, Jack Fisk, Jeremy M. Davies, Jessica Chastain, Lars von Trier, L’Eclisse, Leo Kottke, Linda Manz, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger, Michael Bay, Michael Haneke, Miramax, Néstor Almendros, Ordet, Paul Kincaid, Pearl Harbor, Pocahontas, Raúl Ruiz, Samuel R. Delany, Saving Private Ryan, Sean Penn, Shakespeare in Love, Solaris, Stalker, Terrence Malick, The Lord of the Rings, The Mirror, The New World, The Queen, The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life, The Wings of the Dove, Transformers, Werner Herzog, Winstanley, Yog-Sothoth on June 27, 2011 | 33 Comments »

[By now it was late. The three stars were dimpling the sky. The baby raccoon was crying for its milk (I’d taken in an orphan the week before). But Jeremy and I weren’t finished yet discussing the movies we’d just watched.] A D: You had a rather serious reaction to this one, Jeremy. Were you [...]

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A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies—Extra: Ranking Woody Allen

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies, A D Jameson, Barbara Kopple, Ben Stiller, Brad Stevens, Burgess Meredith, Christopher Walken, Cole Porter, Denholm Elliott, Diane Keaton, Elaine May, Francis Ford Coppola, Gena Rowlands, Gene Wilder, Gordon Willis, IMDb, In a Persian Market, Ingmar Bergman, Jason Biggs, Jean Luc Godard, Jeremy M. Davies, Julie Delpy, King Lear, Madonna, Martin Scorsese, Mia Farrow, Molly Ringwald, Myrna Loy, Norman Mailer, Philip Glass, Procol Harum, Richard Kelly, Sam Waterston, Sandman, Scarlett Johansson, Sight & Sound, Southland Tales, Tony Roberts, Tori Amos, Wallace Shawn, Woody Allen, Zero Mostel on June 22, 2011 | 18 Comments »

My last movie talk with Jeremy (about Midnight in Paris) made me want to rank Woody Allen’s films. Jeremy of course hemmed and hawed, but over a Millirahmstrudel I broke them down into: Masterpieces Near Masterpieces Delightful Problematic Forgettable Bad Unseen Jeremy agreed to go along with this, albeit with certain objections.

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A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: Midnight in Paris (and other recent Woody Allens)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 8½, A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies, A D Jameson, Alain Resnais, Alan Rudolph, Annie Hall, Brad Stevens, Cassandra’s Dream, Celebrity, Chronicles of Prydain, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Curse of the Cat People, David Bordwell, Deconstructing Harry, Djuna Barnes, Drôle de drame, Elaine May, Ernest Hemingway, Federico Fellini, George Lucas, Gremlins 2, Gustav Mahler, Hamlet, Ingmar Bergman, Jean Luc Godard, Jeremy M. Davies, Joe Dante, Jon Lovitz, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Kenneth Branagh, Killer of Sheep, La Dolce Vita, La Strada, Larry David, Les Enfants du Paradis, Lolita, Lucinella, Manuel de Oliveira, Match Point, Melinda and Melinda, Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson, Philip Glass, Scoop, Sight & Sound, Sleeper, Small Time Crooks, Stardust Memories, Starry Night, Sweet and Lowdown, Take the Money and Run, Terrence Malick, The Designated Mourner, The Moderns, The New Yorker, Thundarr the Barbarian, Tina Brown, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Vilmos Zsigmond, Vincent Van Gogh, Vivre sa vie, Wallace Shawn, Whatever Works, Wild Grass, Wild Strawberries, Woman in the Dunes, Woody Allen, X-Men: First Class on June 20, 2011 | 10 Comments »

[Last weekend, en route to Madagascar, Jeremy M. Davies swung by my Chicago atelier to hear my neighbor perform Mahler’s "Quartet for Strings and Piano in A Minor" on his singing saw. Fifteen minutes in, two other friends stopped by, bearing bootleg DVDs of three new films: Midnight in Paris, The Tree of Life, and [...]

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A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: Mel Gibson’s Hamlet, all films Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth, Joseph Mankiewicz, Thor, and superhero movies (every one)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies, A D Jameson, A Simple Plan, All About Eve, Ang Lee, Anthony Hopkins, Asgard, Batman Returns, Beta Ray Bill, Brian Blessed, calypso, Carmelo Bene, CGI, Chris Hemsworth, claustric, comics, Darkman, David Lynch, détournement, Dead Again, Diabolik, Eric the Viking, Frank Langella, Galactus, Geneviève Bujold, George Lucas, greenscreen, Grigori Kozintsev, Hamlet, Harold Pinter, Henry V, Hulk, Ichi the Killer, J.J. Abrams, Jack Kirby, Jacques Rivette, Jacques Tourneur, Jane Campion, Jeremy M. Davies, John Gardner, John Milius, Joseph Mankiewicz, Kenneth Branagh, Kirby dots, Krull, Kuleshov Effect, Last Life in the Universe, Laurel Canyon, Lawrence of Arabia, Loki, Love Me Tonight, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Masters of the Universe, Mel Gibson, motion capture, Myrna Loy, Night of the Hunter, Norse mythology, Odin, On Moral Fiction, One Hamlet Less, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Jackson, Richard Kelly, Robert MItchum, Roger Ebert, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, Sam Raimi, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Senses of Cinema, Shakespeare, Showgirls, Sleuth, Star Trek, Star Wars, Starship Troopers, superheroes, Superman II, Superman the Movie, Tadanobu Asano, Tales of Asgard, The Avengers, The Bad Sleep Well, The Box, The Lord of the Rings, The Mighty Thor, The Phantom Menace, The Portrait of a Lady, Thor, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Stoppard, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Wilkes-Barre, Willow on May 30, 2011 | 9 Comments »

[You want to read the earlier installments, and we want to help you: Part 1, Part 2] [Drumming our fingers on the tabletop, humming along to Debbie Gibson, we contemplated just walking out on our waitress, when Jeremy remembered a Payday he had in his pocket. Passing it back and forth, we resumed our conversation.] [...]

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Amazing Adult Fantasy Release Party & Reading

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A D Jameson, Amanda Marbais, Amazing Adult Fantasy, Giant Slugs, Halle Butler, H_NGM_N, Jeremy M. Davies, Matt Dube, Mutable Sound, New Wave Coffee, readings, Rose Alley on May 24, 2011 | 4 Comments »

I hope that those of you in the Chicagoland area can make it out to a release party and reading for my first book, Amazing Adult Fantasy: Friday, 3 June, 7–9pm | New Wave Coffee, 3103 W. Logan Blvd. / 2557 N. Milwaukee Ave., Logan Square, Chicago | 773-489-0646 There will be readings by:

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A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: Source Code, Moon, and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, 7-Eleven, A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies, A D Jameson, A Mind Forever Voyaging, A Simple Twist of Fate, Alexander Kluge, alien, apichatpong weerasethakul, Applebee’s, Back to the Future, Bangkok, Blissfully Yours, Chicago Metra, Daily Variety, David Bowie, Der große Verhau, Duncan Jones, DVDSavant, Fantastic Four, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Howard Hawks, Inception, Invaders from Mars, Jean Luc Godard, Jeffrey Wright, Jeremy M. Davies, Justin, Kick the Machine, kluge, La jetée, Michael Crichton, mindfuck films, Monica Bellucci, Moon, Mysterious Object at Noon, Pauline Kael, Philip K. Dick, Planet of the Vampires, Quantum Leap, Rock ‘n’ Roll McDonald’s, Sakda Kaewbuadee, salapao, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, science-fiction, Scott Bakula, Sliding Doors, Source Code, Stan Lee, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Wars, Syndromes and a Century, Tears of the Black Tiger, technobabble, Thai, Thailand, The Big Mess, Thor, time travel, Tropical Malady, Unbreakable, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Vera Farmiga, Wesley Willis, Wisit Sasanatieng on May 23, 2011 | 15 Comments »

[You click this link, you go back to the first installment, which found me and Jeremy unable to get service at an Applebee’s, following a screening of Duncan Jones’s Source Code. Increasingly hungry, increasingly desperate, we debated the nutritional value of our napkins and tablecloths, before Jeremy remembered that Applebee’s coats all such textiles in [...]

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A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: Source Code, Friends, Woody Allen, The Man from London, Sucker Punch, Zardoz, Tron, Willow, and Shoot ‘Em Up

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies, A D Jameson, AMC River East 21, Applebee's, Avatar, Bass/Rankin, Béla Tarr, Chad and Jeremy, Cindy Morgan, cinema, cineplexes, Duncan Jones, Eastern Promises, Elliot Gould, film distribution, films, Fox & Obel, Friends (TV show), Hollywood, James Bell, Jeremy M. Davies, Jim Jarmusch, Joel Schumacher, John Boorman, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Justin, Legend (film), Marshall McLuhan, Monica Bellucci, movies, narrative, Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja, Sherlock Holmes, Shoji Ueda, Shoot ‘Em Up, Sight and Sound, Source Code, Sucker Punch, Television, The Last Unicorn, The Man from London, The NeverEnding Story, Thor, Tilda Swinton, To the Bracken Fields, Tron, Tron Legacy, Warebi no kou, Wendy Carlos, Willow, Woody Allen, Zack Snyder, Zardoz on May 16, 2011 | 16 Comments »

[Last weekend, while en route to Abu Dhabi, my good friend Jeremy swung by my cold-water Chicago flat. After a lengthy Indian-wrestling match, we headed downtown to the AMC River East 21, where we caught a screening of Duncan Jones’s latest film, Source Code. Two hours later, expelled into the brisk April evening, we hunkered [...]

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Announcing a New Big Other Series: “A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies”

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged /ero guro sensu/, Agnès Varda, “A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies”, Bark, Blake Butler, Bookslut, Brooklyn Rail, Captain America, comic books, Context (journal), Dalkey Archive Press, Dan Visel, Danièlle Huillet, Eugène Green, Fancy (novel), Golden Handcuffs Review, Green Lantern, Hollywood, HTMLGiant, Isola di Rifiuti, Jacques Rivette, Jean-Marie Straub, Jeremy M. Davies, John Latta, John Madera, John O’Brien, Joseph Dewey, Lily Hoang, Midnight in Paris, Review of Contemporary Fiction, Rose Alley, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Shira Richman, Source Code, Sucker Punch, The Man from London, Thor, Tron, Tron Legacy, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Wallace Markfield, Willow, With Hidden Noise, Woody Allen, X-Men: First Class, Zardoz on May 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »

In two days, I’ll be posting the first installment of a new ongoing series at Big Other: conversations I’ve had with my good friend Jeremy M. Davies about movies, new and old, both popular and obscure. It will be called “A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies” (unless we can think of a better title). [...]

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A Guide to My Writing Here at Big Other

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A D Jameson, Big Other, Jeremy M. Davies on May 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I’ve done a lot of posting since I started writing here (in December 2009). To make it all easier to navigate (both for myself and others), as well as to encourage folks to check out some of my older articles, I’ve gathered links to all of my posts and organized them by subject (below). I [...]

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Seventeen Ways of Criticizing Inception (AKA, All Knowledge Isn’t Equal)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "Can Negative Publicity Help?", Against Interpretation, Alain Resnais, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Alan T. Sorensen, Annette Atkins, Ari Up, Banksy, Batman, Britney Spears, David Bordwell, Down with Love, Film Art, Frank Kermode, Frank Miller, Greg Gerke, Harry Mathews, Hollis Frampton, Inception, Jack Horkheimer, James Peterson, Jean Luc Godard, Jeremy M. Davies, Jonah Berger, Kristin Thompson, Last Year at Marienbad, Mai 68, mnemonics, Peter Wyngarde, Peyton Reed, Rose Alley, Scott J. Rasmussen, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Steve Katz, Susan Sontag, Tao Lin, teaching history backwards, The Sense of an Ending, Zorn's Lemma on November 14, 2010 | 10 Comments »

[This can be considered a response to this post, and its comments thread.] 1. You’ve just become the fiction editor of a small journal. You open your email and see that you’ve received 1,000 unsolicited submissions. The first ten were sent by: Carlos Shirley Jeanne Goss Jack Livingston Christine Stribling Melissa Mathieu Benjamin Tatro Tao [...]

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My Four Favorite New Books of 2009: #4: Jeremy M. Davies’s Rose Alley

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cigarettes, Counterpath Press, Dalkey Archive Press, Harry Mathews, Jeremy M. Davies, John Dryden, Lily Hoang, London, May 1968, Paris, Rose Alley, The Decameron, The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium on December 19, 2009 | 11 Comments »

#1 | #2 | #3 #4. Rose Alley by Jeremy M. Davies (Counterpath Press, 2009)

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