Tag: Culture
Swiss Army Man’s farting folly could be the cure for Hollywood’s ‘sequelitis’
Yes, the main premise is a farting corpse. Yes, thats completely ridiculous. But the comedy puts the mainstream industrys lack of invention to shame Music video directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert probably didnt panic when a continuous stream of audience members bolted for the exit at the Sundance premiere of Swiss Army Man. From […]
WTF are techies saying? A linguistic guide for the aspiring tech hustler
In Silicon Valley, being ahead of the jargon curve can bring great social and financial rewards and it may even be confused for true innovation Its as common as the hoodies and the Soylent: Silicon Valley loves its jargon while simultaneously groaning over the weight of its pretense. However, this pain point is also an […]
The next Paul Verhoeven? I’d buy that for a dollar
The Dutch directors new thriller Elle is at Cannes, but whatever happened to the master of 80s/90s sci-fi bombast who gave us Robocop, and Total Recall? At 77, Paul Verhoeven does not seem to be planning retirement anytime soon. Screen Daily reported this week that the maverick Dutch film-maker has at least three upcoming projects […]
Jessa Crispin: ‘We’re not allowed to say the Paris Review is boring’
The editor of Bookslut, which shut down last week, talks to the Guardian about the current state of American literature and its attendant frustrations A couple of weeks ago, Jessa Crispin shut her longstanding book review site, Bookslut, down. Fourteen years after shed founded it, she told me at a Brooklyn coffee shop last week, […]
Comeback kids: the Jayhawks ride again
Combining melancholia with sunshine choruses, alt-country pioneers return to their best. Life is dark, but with a beautiful melody, says founder Gary Louris Perseverance is a virtue many bands run out of after they reach a modicum of success. Divorces, money squabbles, drug problems, boredom these are the usual culprits cutting bands short before their […]