Goudou Goudou (1)
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My students are learning how to wait, watch, and grab reality as it unfolds.
Read This PostAuthor: Annie Nocenti
Annie Nocenti’s latest graphic novels are Ruby Falls (with Flavia Biondi) and The Seeds (with David Aja) for Berger Books/Dark Horse. She wrote Daredevil, Longshot and Typhoid for Marvel and Catwoman, Katana and Klarion for DC. Her journalism has appeared in Details, PRINT, Filmmaker, Stop Smiling, Scenario and more. Her falcon tale, The Most Expensive Road Trip in the World, appears in Anthony Bourdain’s Best Travel Writing 2008. Her documentary Disarming Falcons was featured at DOC NYC 2014. Her filmmaking experiences in Haiti are detailed in Goudou Goudou for HILOBROW. She was given the Humanitarian Award at the Tulsa International Film Festival for her work in Haiti. She was a writer on MAGIC CITY – The Art of the Street (2016), and she is one of the producers of MARVEL: Universe of Super Heroes, (2018 – 2022).
Nicholas Ray
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If you’ve ever felt like an alien in your own life, NICHOLAS RAY (1911-79) is your champion. Delinquent teens, estranged loners, gypsies, lovers on the run, homosexuals… Ray’s films had sympathy for all contrarians. In […]
Read This PostNikola Tesla
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Brilliant, prescient, and obsessive, even in his disorder he was ahead of its time.
Read This PostMaya Deren
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Ritualized action, cryptic symbols, repetitive narratives, altered states, and voyeurism.
Read This PostGregory Corso
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A horde of swarthy besotted angels and devils warred for his tongue.
Read This PostFederico Fellini
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Every child dreams of running away and joining the circus. The 12-year-old FEDERICO FELLINI (1920-93) actually did it, kicking off his enduring love affair with spectacle. Early works like La Strada (1954) and Nights of […]
Read This PostHenry Miller
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His books were banned in America for decades, sparked a groundbreaking “obscenity as literature” debate, and were a seminal part of the sexual revolution. “This is not a book,” HENRY MILLER (1891-1980) wrote in Tropic […]
Read This PostCharlie Kaufman
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CHARLIE KAUFMAN (born 1958) writes film scripts that zig when you expect a zag. Fantastic notions are met with deadpan nonchalance, creating comedy of simmering delirium. He redefined the screwball comedy as more of a […]
Read This PostEvel Knievel
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Star-spangled motorcycle daredevil EVEL KNIEVEL (1938 –2007) showed the world you can be fearless and self-destructive and — if you understand hype — become an American icon. He stole his first bike. He jumped a […]
Read This PostLeonard Cohen
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When LEONARD COHEN (born 1934) sings, it is at once a whisper, a prayer, a confession, a chant, a lullaby, a benediction in the ear. He has misplaced a secret. He yearns to tell us, […]
Read This PostWalt Kelly
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“My nose is blown, doc,” mopes a bandaged bloodhound cop as he sags against a panel border. In “No Nose is Good Nose,” Dr. Howland Owl laughs at the patient, violating his “hippocritical oaf.” Set […]
Read This PostRoman Polanski
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The life and films of ROMAN POLANSKI (born 1933) in turn foreshadow, stalk and haunt each other. His films seem apolitical, but the claustrophobia of his childhood — in the Kraków Ghetto, surrounded by barbed […]
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