Author Archives: Bob Hill

I’ll see you back upon my return. In the meantime, why not: Read a film essay Look at pictures Check out a half-cooked novel Dig into an ongoing nonfiction serial about Wildwood, childhood and life after drinking, or Follow IFB … Read More

Errol Morris’s background as a private investigator might explain his unrivaled ability to gain access and answers, to know when to push or pull back, how to dig and where, what to look for, how to supply interviewees with just … Read More

Dane DeHaan. Here’s a prediction: Dane DeHaan will be to Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Andrew Garfield was to Jesse Eisenberg in David Fincher’s Social Network (Lest we forget, the last big-screen actor to play Harry Osborne was a 21-year … Read More … Read More

“What happened? How Did Detroit – the most iconic of American cities – become a cadaver? Detroit’s slide was long and inexorable. You might blame it on white racism and legal mortgage covenants that barred blacks from living anywhere but the most squalid ghettos. … Read More

Guy Pearce has reached that age, much like Clive Owen and Jude Law, where the industry has forced him to accept onscreen mortality. What this means, in a larger sense, is that, going forward, Pearce will make more sense as … Read More

In May of 1986, my mother handed me $10, money allotted for to buy a souvenir while on a field trip to New York City. I spent that money on a poster, one I found inside a gift shop high … Read More

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David Morse is a Philly guy. He lives 10 miles outside of Philadelphia. He’s appeared in several Philly films, 12 Monkeys and World War Z among them. During the aughts Morse played the lead in a Philadelphia-based series about a retired-cop-turned-taxi-driver … Read More

The morning after Meghan’s graduation I awoke to rhythmic pounding shaking stucco off the walls. I was back now, living inside of The Vacationer, forced out of my one-bedroom thanks to summer rental tolls. Beams of sunlight pierced the room … Read More … Read More

“Three times, America has seen distance-running skyrocket, and it’s always in the midst of a national crisis. The first boom came during the Great Depression, when more than 200 runners set the trend by racing 40 miles a day across … Read More