Trying to pin down the definitive characteristics of “noir” is a tiresome game.
June 23rd, 2011
Mamoulian, perhaps more than anyone else, defined the original racial landscape that became the setting for Porgy and Bess.
February 28th, 2012
On poetry and riot.
December 2nd, 2011
"Yes," said a Frenchman. "We have this silly theory in France that our authors should be able to eat."
August 6th, 2011
You Probably Think This Show is About You
January 30th, 2013
Big Boys Don't Cry
February 18th, 2013
Really? Et al?
January 22nd, 2013
Shame and Her Sisters
February 5th, 2013
On the season premiere of HBO's 'Girls'
January 14th, 2013
Experimenting with Plot
March 6th, 2013
Shit Together, or The Coming of Natalia
March 12th, 2013
Grace Notes
February 11th, 2013
Girls Is Not fun.
March 20th, 2013
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