Winter Vacation (2010), the third film by writer-director Li Hongqi, uses long takes and static shots the way The Great…
Comics Works: Kramer’s Ergot 8
Kramer’s Ergot 8, the latest volume in artist/editor Sammy Harkham’s anthology series, collects works from high-profile comics figures such as…
Comics Works: Keeping Two
For the last couple years, Jordan Crane has been rolling out his story ‘Keeping Two’ at art comics clearing house…
Strange Tales, Too Common
Michael Chabon’s “Citizen Conn,” from the Feb 13/20 New Yorker, has arrived at a moment which makes it unexpectedly relevant,…
What if He Meant Every Word?
The critical establishment’s dogmatic popism eliminates any consideration of the philosophy surrounding the creative and commercial genesis of music and…
With Tom Scharpling as Himself
Sometime after Tom Scharpling, host of the New Jersey-based cult call-in program The Best Show on WFMU, appeared on Marc…