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Category Archives: Art/Photography
Screaming Elvis Fan, 1957
Of all the pics of screaming Elvis fans, she is my favorite. This is from a show at the Philadelphia Arena in April, 1957. I love it because although people are screaming behind her, she’s the only one in … … Continue reading
The Ghost on the Sidewalk
Every time I walk by the Warwick Hotel, like I did yesterday, I take a moment to say hello to the ghost on the sidewalk. 2019 1956
The ’90s: When Amazons Walked the Earth
Photo by Peter Lindbergh It’s hard to grok, if you weren’t there, the ’90s supermodel era, when battalions of supermodels – impossibly gorgeous, otherworldly, like alien freaks – stomped across the land – on every magazine cover, on billboards, in … Continue reading
Remembrance of Photos Past and Inherent Vice
When I was a kid, my best friend’s parents had one of those huge Time-Life photo books. I became obsessed with it. It was very disturbing stuff and I was drawn to it with a queasy fascination. I was 9, … Continue reading
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Tagged Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson, photography
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Review: The gorgeous Ruben Brandt, Collector (2019)
I love this film! It’s an animated art-survey course, as filtered through an international art-heist caper. So much fun. Gorgeous! My review of Ruben Brandt, Collector is now up at Rogerebert.com.
Review: Never Look Away (2018)
My review of Never Look Away, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (whose The Lives of Others won Best Foreign Film almost 10 years ago), is now up at Ebert. I knew nothing about it going in, and in the … Continue reading
Thank you, Tina
Seen on Twitter. An illustration – by “Tina” – from Sexology Magazine, November, 1949, depicting the “female climax.” This drawing is amazing. And … accurate, is the word I think I’m looking for?
Dynamic Duo #8
Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol. And Elvis.
Dynamic Duo #4
Miley Cyrus and dance partner (photo by a fave of mine, Ellen von Unwerth. Her Instagram feed here.)
As My Friend Felicia Says: “Game Recognize Game.”
Mos Def and Agnès Varda This picture has made my week.
