Author Archives: Bob Hill

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“All the early bias against rock n roll started off as a racist bias. And then as rock n roll started to be performed by white people, then that shifted to something else. But at the heart of it is … Read More

The knocking began the same way it always did, a few minutes after I had arrived home from work. It was followed by several seconds of subtle tinkering with the knob, then a call from the other side of the … Read More

Given Warner Brothers is still busy trying to convince everyone (including themselves) that this is the Summer of Gatsby, it seems oddly relevant that it was F. Scott Fitzgerald who once wrote, “New York forgot us and let us stay.” … Read More … Read More

Immediately after entering the Metropolitan’s new Punk Rock exhibit, the eye is drawn to a far-off replica of the original CBGB’s men’s bathroom. And why not, really? I mean, the thing is quite a spectacle, almost like seeing an extinct … Read More

The primary difference between Terrence Malick’s early work and his later work (i.e., post-20-year hiatus) is that both of his early films were immaculately-conceived, highly-engaging narratives, whereas all of his later films were only the former. And yet, you kind … Read More … Read More

“By not revising what you’ve already written you simply give the reader the actual workings of your mind during the writing itself: you confess your thoughts about events in your own unchangeable way. Well, look, did you ever hear a … Read More

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“There’s a perfectly good medium for directors, and it’s called film. TV is a writer’s medium. I am chauvinistic toward writing because that’s where I came from. And when executives get excited about getting a superstar movie director to direct … Read More

Baz Luhrmann certainly does know how to throw a party. And it is for this reason that the question on every critic’s lips leading up to the release of Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby was whether the film would be all pomp, and … Read More … Read More