Less than seven minutes in I could sense there would be trouble. The opening scene took place in a rail car – scattered riders, mostly German. There was a French girl, then an American, both of them en route from … Read More … Read More
Author Archives: Bob Hill
Film Capsule: The Pretty One
Jake Johnson is a comer, a guaranteed presence via every movie he’s appeared in. Generally cast as either the cool-ass Bro (Safety Not Guaranteed) or platonic No (Drinking Buddies), Johnson also plays a recurring character in the FOX sitcom, New … Read More
Moving On: New York
By March of 1995 Mad About You had reached the zenith of its network fame. Boasting the eight o’clock slot in NBC’s Must-See-TV line-up, Paul Reiser’s highly relatable situation comedy functioned as a lead-in to Friends, which was then followed … Read More
Harmony Korine’s Advice To Aspiring Writers (2013)
“Try to be great. Try to give extra. Try to be bold. Try to invent your own reality. Try to do what’s not been done before. Don’t even get started if you’re gonna try to do some mediocre shit, cause … Read More
Film Capsule: Tim’s Vermeer
Consider for a moment the sticktoitiveness required to complete a documentary upon the order of Tim’s Vermeer. First off, Tim’s Vermeer required an artisan. And not just any artisan, mind you. Tim’s Vermeer required an absolutely exceptional artisan … a savant, … Read More
Brooklyn Bridge at Break of Dawn (-15 Degrees Celsius)
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Howard Stern on The Fear of Success (2014)
“When you really come up with some new, fresh ideas, a lot of people get frightened. And who could blame them? I’m the GM of a station, making a shit-ton of dough, and here comes this asshole who tells me … Read More
Equal Justice, Equal Opportunity, Equal Dignity
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Film Capsule: Visitors
Watching Visitors feels like going to mass. It’s slow and it’s boring, and it lingers on too long. But if you can somehow suffer through it, you just might connect to what’s not being said. (Visitors premieres at the Landmark … Read More