Author Archives: Bob Hill

“From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited any readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire. I would work without a net and … Read More

Eventually, every single one of these A-List Scientology dudes winds up pursuing the same type of intergalactic, post-apocalyptic, megalomaniacal bullshit. John Travolta did so via Battlefield Earth, Tom Cruise is doing so via Oblivion, and – not to be outdone … Read More … Read More

There is something about the texture of oil on canvas. Maybe it’s the weighted dabs, or the way the fabric’s stretched across a wooden frame. But either way, that type of artwork retains a certain calming sheen, perpetuated by an … Read More

It was a Saturday, the first Saturday in June. And the sun was beating down, despite a sudden break in the humidity. Meghan was working by herself that afternoon, much the same way she had been for the past three … Read More

Oh, the eternal plight of the internationally-acclaimed auteur. Who better to deliver a treatise on the subject than Italian New Wave director, Federico Fellini? Yes, sir, Federico Fellini, a man so egotistically consumed with his own bloated image that he’d … Read More … Read More

Everybody on earth knowing that beauty is beautiful makes ugliness. Everybody knowing that goodness is good makes wickedness. For being and nonbeing arise together; hard and easy complete each other; long and short shape each other; high and low depend … Read More

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“It was [John Gardner’s] conviction that if the words in the story were blurred because of the author’s insensitivity, carelessness, or sentimentality, then the story suffered from a tremendous handicap. But there was something even worse and something that must … Read More

The Civil War is hot again. Spielberg’s Lincoln made it so. And, as a result, mixed media of every stripe are looking to capitalize on the trend. The Metropolitan throws its hat in the ring with a respectful – somewhat … Read More

The primary difference between a photograph and a film is that the photograph captures a moment while the film expresses a feeling. In the best-case scenario, either one is capable of doing a significant amount of both (because what is … Read More … Read More