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Normism: The Philosophy of Norm Macdonald, a short book I wrote about the late great comedian, is available on Amazon.
Category Archives: Film
Racist Tom and Jerry Cartoons
Amazon joins the ‘cultural sensitivity’ bandwagon: Tom and Jerry cartoons on television are being accompanied by a warning that they may depict scenes of “racial prejudice”. The classic cat and mouse cartoons, some made more than 70 years ago, carry … Continue reading
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Trailer: Inherent Vice (2014)
The official trailer for P.T. Anderson’s upcoming movie Inherent Vice is out. Being a noir fanatic, I read the Thomas Pynchon novel last year and loved it. Inherent Vice is like… well… imagine putting into a literary blender Raymond Chandler’s … Continue reading
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Gin & Richard Burton
Sinclair McKay reviews Gin, Glorious Gin: How Mother’s Ruin Became the Spirit of London by Olivia Williams: T S Eliot once told someone at a party that his inspiration came from “gin and drugs”… There is also fascinating historical detail about … Continue reading
Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
I finally got around to watching Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and found the film, while not his best, to nonetheless be one of his better ones, and a satisfying experience that I expect will get better with age … Continue reading
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Lauren Bacall (1924 – 2014)
And today we lost the girl with ‘the look’, as Billy Wilder put it, a look rivaled only by a husky voice that belied her young age and oozed with sexuality: During screen tests for To Have and Have Not … Continue reading
Robin Williams (1951 – 2014)
The guy had a supercharged and amazing life. Sublimely talented, he was touched by fire, as many great artists are, battling depression his whole life, and eventually succumbing to the demons. In terms of comedy, his best years of antic-comedy … Continue reading
San Francisco Noir
The NYT has a travel section piece on “San Francisco Noir“. I’m a noir fanatic and, a couple of years ago, checked out a bunch of noir sites in SF. The city is second only to L.A. in terms of … Continue reading