My Favorite Movies: Before Sunrise
I’ve long thought of this movie as a thinking man’s romance, without necessarily articulating that opinion. The category sat in opposition to the “chick flick” — a derogatory term I […]
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Double Feature: Exit Through the Gift Shop and F for Fake
The ordinary rules don’t apply here. Pulling this double feature on an unsuspecting audience — people with no prior experience of the French New Wave, or essay films, or mockumentaries […]
Oscar 2015
We’re back in that somewhat frustrating pocket of time between the Academy Awards nominations announcement and the actual ceremony. Current frontrunners can easily lose steam between now and February 22. […]
My 100 Favorite Songs of the Lustrum (10-1)
10. “Some Nights” – Fun. Growing up. Leaving home. Knowing everything. Understanding nothing. Marching to Zion. 9. “The Edge of Glory” – Lady Gaga Falling hard for someone envisioned as […]
My 100 Favorite Songs of the Lustrum (20-11)
20. “Rill Rill” – Sleigh Bells Resting on the back of a Funkadelic sample, this song is made up of an oneiric set of chants and pounding percussion. 19. “Come […]
My 100 Favorite Songs of the Lustrum (30-21)
30. “Runaway” – Kanye West featuring Pusha T Bare-bones masterpiece, at once grandiloquent and self-effacing. 29. “Dancing On My Own” – Robyn The throbbing dance beat elevates a simple tale […]
My 100 Favorite Songs of the Lustrum (40-31)
40. “Ghost” – Ella Henderson Soulful pop with extraordinary lyricism and evocative folk song lyrics. 39. “Smile” – Avril Lavigne Guileless pop punk hedonism, from the queen of that. 38. […]
My 100 Favorite Songs of the Lustrum (50-41)
50. “Young and Beautiful” – Lana Del Rey Lana Del Rey’s sulky but lush pop had one of its finest moments here, the surprisingly perfect score to a Baz Luhrmann […]
My 100 Favorite Songs of the Lustrum (60-51)
60. “Do What U Want” – Lady Gaga featuring R. Kelly This song contains multitudes. Part exposé on the reality of objectification, part R. Kelly creepshow. 59. “Dark Fantasy” – […]
My 100 Favorite Songs of the Lustrum (70-61)
70. “Free” – Haley Reinhart Sublime pop, spiked with an unusual maturity about breakups. 69. “Partition” – Beyoncé All of your burning questions — like “What happens to a beat […]
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