Author Archives: Bob Hill

“A philosopher: a person who constantly experiences, sees, hears, suspects, hopes, dreams extraordinary things; who is struck by his own thoughts as if from without; as if from above and below; as if by his kind of events and thunder-claps; … Read More

If there is one thing David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook gets absolutely correct it is Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Speaking from the perspective of a native Delconian (albeit one who has since renounced the place on principle), I can absolutely … Read More

All of this was occurring during the final week of September – a bittersweet time of any year throughout the Wildwoods, characterized by less work, thinning crowds, and the sudden, drastic changing of seasons. That particular September, the town was … Read More

“If you have a golf-balled sized consciousness, then when you read a book, you’ll have a golf-ball sized understanding; when you look out, a golf-ball sized awareness; and when you wake up in the morning, a golf-ball sized wakefulness. But … Read More

Fact: For a while there, Liam Neeson was attached to play the role of Abraham Lincoln. Fact: At the red-carpet premiere of Lincoln, Steven Spielberg told Access Hollywood he would not consider directing Disney’s upcoming Star Wars film. Fact: Daniel … Read More

Skyfall is the best James Bond film of the modern era, and it may very well be the best Bond film of all-time. None of which should come as a huge surprise given we’re talking about a movie directed by … Read More

In the beginning, it was a simple idea: Put aside all of my freelance gigs for a period of one year and channel that energy into a series of side projects that might not otherwise find a home … projects … Read More

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“For the last 30 years I’ve been writing in my music about the distance between the American dream and American reality. I’ve seen it from inside and outside: as a blue collar kid from a working class home in New … Read More … Read More

“The story is in the ice, somehow.” So says global photographer-cum-activist James Balog, who has spent the past five-plus years of his career documenting – and subsequently lecturing about – the clear and present danger presented by global warming on … Read More