Author Archives: Bob Hill

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George Whitmore, Jr. was standing in front of a Laundromat on Sutter Avenue just off of Amboy Street in Brooklyn. He was talking to a patrolman named Isola for the second day in a row. Only this time the patrolman … Read More … Read More

“In the old system of broadcasting, you were fundamentally limited by the amount of space in the airwaves. You could only send out 10 channels over the airwaves for television, right? Or even with cable, you had 500 channels. On … Read More

Ask any number of film buffs who the greatest movie critic of all-time is and 80% of them will answer Pauline Kael. Ask any number of average moviegoers that same question, and 75% of them will answer Roger Ebert. Ask … Read More

 “We open on an aerial shot of New York City” “It’s almost like New York City represents another character in our story.” “I know this might sound crazy” “What ever happened to just good, old-fashioned coffee?” “This is all happening … Read More

“Superheroes fill a gap in the pop-culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn’t really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. … Read More

“In this locomotive we call home there is one thing left between our warm hearts and the bitter cold. Clothing? Shields? No. Order. Order is the barrier that holds back the frozen death. We must all of us on this … Read More

Twenty minutes into Nicholas Jarecki’s outstanding documentary The Outsider, Roger Ebert notes, “[Toback’s] typical picture is about a very smart guy who’s very hung up on sex, and often gambling. And because of the gambling, he gets in trouble with … Read More

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“I am often asked which of the participatory exercises I have been involved in was the most frightening. People are always startled when I say the one that frightened me the most was not playing football with the professionals, or … Read More