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by Ryland Walker Knight —Bring yourself, roll Curb Your Enthusiasm , 7th Season [Larry David, 2009] Hard to beat "The Table Read," no doubt, among so many episodes this season, but, once again, LD proves how smart he is about people's petty shit and everybody's desire for a fairytale—despite knowing all too well that most things in life, as it turns out, aren't just...
Vinyl Is Heavy (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
by Ryland Walker Knight [The Resnais series playing at the PFA this month and next is part of a broader, traveling retrospective with a concurrent run in Chicago at the Gene Siskel Film Center and a proposed stop at the newly renovated Museum of the Moving Image in early 2010.] The third night showcased a pair of ghost films, Night and Fog and Muriel , that dovetails one phantasmagoria...
Vinyl Is Heavy (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
by Ryland Walker Knight (1) (2) —Rap my soul awake why don't you: 1 , 2
Vinyl Is Heavy (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
bry Ryland Walker Knight —...on the rich kids.
Vinyl Is Heavy (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
by Ryland Walker Knight —All things shining. Most of the week was spent not watching movies. But, as happens with an active calendar, the wait for the weekend brought me some special sights made richer by my recess. More Resnais, mostly, but also some time for some TV comedy. If you follow me on twitter ( @ryknight ), you know that I watched some Curb Your Enthusiasm earlier this...
Vinyl Is Heavy (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
by Ryland Walker Knight [The Resnais series playing at the PFA this month and next is part of a broader, traveling retrospective with a concurrent run in Chicago at the Gene Siskel Film Center and a proposed stop at the newly renovated Museum of the Moving Image in early 2010.] Some might call Stavinsky... a lavish lark. I called it a "goof" walking out. But its easy charisma,...
