Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor is the author of Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American ’70s. He lives in New York.

Articles

Answers No One Wants to Hear
Charles Taylor reviews Michel Houellebecq's "Submission."
Charles TaylorNov 18, 2015
- Fiction
On the Hoof, On the Barrel: “On Prime Cut”
"Prime Cut" is a sardonic report from the battle to define what America was and who it was for.
Charles TaylorAug 19, 2015
- Film
Bebop/Silence: On Hickey & Boggs
"The final irony of Hickey & Boggs is that this movie about isolation and displacement is an affirmation of a real-life partnership."
Charles TaylorNov 16, 2014
- Film
Three the Hard Way: The Return of Sleater-Kinney
On Sleater-Kinney’s legacy upon the release of their vinyl boxset, "Start Together."
Charles TaylorNov 12, 2014
- Music
Eight Arms to Hold You
On 'A Hard Day's Night'
Charles TaylorAug 9, 2014
Let Me Whisper in Your Ear
On the mysterious Lewis
Charles TaylorJul 6, 2014
Support Your Local Wussy
The sad transcendence of Wussy's 'blue-collar bohemianism'
Charles TaylorMay 20, 2014
Escape Artist
Charles Taylor reviews Johnny Moncada’s unseen photographs of Veruschka, the timeless model from the 1960s.
Charles TaylorApr 23, 2014
- Art & Architecture
Meryl Streep’s Hunger Games
Charles TaylorMar 9, 2014
Atmosphere for Lovers and Thieves: Leos Carax’s “Mauvais sang”
French director Leos Carax’s 1986 “Mauvais sang”
Charles TaylorNov 29, 2013