Month: March 2014
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Noah
Those attached to the Biblical account of Noah, you’ll feel betrayed by Darren Aronofsky’s big screen adaptation, but Noah works on its own terms, mostly. Those who are attached to the Biblical account of Noah will probably feel betrayed by the big screen adaptation. It’s not that Darren Aronofsky’s visually arresting epic changes much of…
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The Feedback Society’s Week in Music
A list of albums that we’ve been listening to this week at The Feedback Society. The new Black Lips, The Coathangers, The Notwist and more. Black Lips – Underneath the Rainbow I got some seriously bruised ribs when I saw these guys in Austin a couple of years back, mashed up against the barrier with…
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The Criterion Cut – Safety Last!
In this instalment of The Criterion Cut, Noah Dimitrie takes a look at the Criterion version of Safety Last!, Harold Lloyd’s classic 1923 silent comedy. Safety Last! begins with Harold Lloyd behind bars and ends with him on top of the world. Both are illusions, either set-ups or pay-offs for gags that never fail to…
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Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
Mac DeMarco is back, defying genre and reinventing the very foundations of what constitutes a ballad. Dave Scaddan takes a look at DeMarco’s ‘Salad Days.’ Sometimes when I get a new record, the hole for the spindle of my turntable isn’t quite large enough. I keep a little paring knife next to my stereo that…
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Midnight Revolutions: Joy Zippers – American Whip
In this installment of ‘Midnight Revolutions,’ Laramee digs deeper into Joy Zipper’s 2005 album, ‘American Whip.’ So someone spiked the punch on this one. Prime CARPENTERS over-exposed in a Valium drenched daydream? AIR meets Jimmy Webb in a distended Paul Williams scenario, all blanketed in weird memories, old Muppets episodes, dads who went out for…
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Hatchet Job – Mark Kermode
In this new era of Rotten Tomatoes and the amateur Internet movie critic, BBC film critic Mark Kermode asks, ‘Is film criticism a dying art?’ I have been a professional, paid film critic for almost 15 years, and since the explosion of online criticism, I’ve also done a lot of gratis online amateur work. While…
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Muppets Most Wanted
The Muppets are back! Or are they? Sure, I suppose there are a couple of Muppets in this movie. Look hard, you may spot them. Jason Segel was instrumental in rebooting the much loved, but well-worn Muppets franchise, with his understanding of what made The Muppets dear to our hearts, not to mention his love…
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
The latest work from quirky filmmaker Wes Anderson, a tale of comedic intrigue at a fictional hotel, may further divide his followers from his detractors. There are few names that inspire fervent discussions amongst cinephiles quite like Wes Anderson. Over the course of 18 years and eight feature films, the indie auteur of Rushmore and The…
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St. Vincent – St. Vincent
The brilliant new St. Vincent album has been making tidal waves; it embodies the digital age while at the same time eschewing our digital lives. Back in the day, I took a Women and Gender Studies course that focused on women in music. One subject that repeatedly came up was how critics like to focus…
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The Feedback Society’s Week in Music
A list of what we’ve been listening to this week in The Feedback Society Lounge. The Men, The War on Drugs, Cliff Martinez and more. The Men – ‘Tomorrow’s Hits’ Brooklyn’s The Men made their bones as a noisy, post-punk psychedelic rock outfit, but they’ve been evolving with each album. Their latest settles on…