May

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The Insomniac’s Method

May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

A brief note on method:
In general, I write one of these things when I see a film go by on TV. I don’t really get to make the initial active selection of what to write about– if I don’t have a serendipitous encounter with something then I don’t go out of my way to throw […]

May

27

The Critic as Writer: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

May 27, 2007 | 1 Comment

I’ve never understood the whole Russ Meyer thing. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls has eluded me since college… maybe it’s a matter of my just not having been “there” in the moment this was set in, maybe it’s something else… maybe it’s just that there’s no there there.  Other than breasts, that is.
Would people still […]