Author Archives: Bob Hill

A year ago, I nearly skipped a screening of The Place Beyond the Pines due to the fact I had quite literally gone off my anxiety medication. As a result, I feared a sudden attack might sabotage me in the … Read More

“Some pretty silly attitudes could be and have been struck over the subject of clothes: such as reproaching society for the fact that tenant farmers do not plow in swallowtails. The fact remains, however, that clothes are powerfully significant psychologically … Read More

Diane Arbus, much like Orson Welles, believed that black and white was every subject’s best friend. Her images maintained a haunting ambiance, exposing flaws without exploiting them. Arbus’s work defies convention, straddling the line between noteworthy and macabre. There are … Read More

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Last night I watched The Spanish Prisoner, and was reminded of this truth regarding David Mamet’s heist films: There are always gaping plot holes, and those holes don’t seem to matter. This is the result of first-class writing, taut suspense, … Read More

“One reason why I have stressed so much the immoral, the wicked, the ugly, the cruel in my work is because I wanted others to know how valuable these are, how equally if not more important than the good things … Read More

(Please Note: Spoilers abound. If you’re not up to date, probably best to hold off.) The entire thing’s laid out bare during that “throwdown in the woods” – murder, mayhem, mystics, a pair of unreliable narrators … sex, death, dosing, … Read More

“I enrolled in NYU and I went there for literally two days. What happened was I walked into this class and this teacher said, ‘If anyone is here to write Terminator 2, just walk out … just get right out … Read More

Last Tuesday, Jerry Seinfeld performed a brief five-minute set on Jimmy Fallon’s new Tonight Show. The material was milquetoast (“What’s the deal with cellphones?” “How outdated is the Post Office?”); the reception, mediocre. And yet, the only thing that mattered was … Read More … Read More