Emory and I recently had the pleasure of meeting the painter Harriet Bigham. Although we initially contacted her out of an interest in her cityscapes of Kansas City, Missouri, we were surprised and delighted to learn that in 1989 she painted four watercolors of my hometown of Savannah, Georgia. We purchased three of the...
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John Patterson’s collages on display at Volta Coffee bring together various 20th-and 21st-century art movements as surely as they do an array of vibrant imagery cut painstakingly from hundreds of cookie tins. Although cookie tins appeal to Patterson for their durability, from afar his collages appear deceptively ephemeral, their glossy surfaces suggesting magazine cutouts...
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Tense fantasies of male empowerment strut just beneath the brightly colored surfaces of Comme Çi, Comme Ça, Evan McIntyre’s recent painting exhibition at Volta Coffee. Based on photographs of actors and screen captures from movies, the paintings consist of two groups: two hand-painted oil replicas of shots from the movie Punch Drunk Love (Paul...
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"Ratting Out Big Tobacco." Cinespect. December 12, 2011.
"House of Pain." Cinespect. December 10, 2011.
"Rediscovering the French New Wave." Cinespect. December 5, 2011.
"Fifteen Minutes with You." Cinespect. November 21, 2011.
"Silent Cinema Reborn." Cinespect. November 21, 2011.
"See You Next Year: SFF Journal, Entry Fourteen." Cinespect. November 15, 2011.
"Paterfamilias in a Pinch." Cinespect. November 15, 2011.
"The Work of Love: SFF Journal, Entry Thirteen." Cinespect. November 14, 2011.
"The Duplass Era: SFF Journal, Entry Twelve." Cinespect. November 12, 2011.
"End of Story." Cinespect. November 11, 2011.
"Down into Hatch: SFF Journal, Entry Eleven." Cinespect. November 9, 2011.
"Mooring as Metaphor: SFF Journal, Entry Ten." Cinespect. November 9, 2011.
"Electrate Youth: SFF Journal, Entry Nine." Cinespect. November 7, 2011.
"Spread the Word: SFF Journal, Entry Eight." Cinespect. November 6, 2011.
"Arch Madness: SFF Journal, Entry Seven." Cinespect. November 3, 2011.
"Eau Crap: SFF Journal, Entry Six." Cinespect. November 2, 2011.
"The Wrath of Ralph: SFF Journal, Entry Five." Cinespect. November 1, 2011.
"Unbearable Brightness: SFF Journal, Entry Four." Cinespect. November 1, 2011.
"Wedding Bell Blues: SFF Journal, Entry Three." Cinespect. October 31, 2011.
"The Dueling Life: SFF Journal, Entry Two." Cinespect. October 31, 2011.
"Homeward Bound: SFF Journal, Entry One." Cinespect. October 28, 2011.
"Yawning at the Margin." Cinespect. October 20, 2011.
"Forget 'The Way.'" Cinespect. October 7, 2011.
"Pop Marx." Cinespect. October 5, 2011.
Film review of "Carnage." Cinespect. September 30, 2011.
"Baking Pans for Nigel." Cinespect. September 26, 2011.
"Cabin Fever Dream." Cinespect. September 22, 2011.
"There and Back Again." Cinespect. September 9, 2011.
"The Kid's Not All Right." Cinespect. September 2, 2011.
"Tokyo, Mon Amour." Cinespect. August 26, 2011.
"Cinespect's Guide to 'William Lustig Presents.'" Cinespect. July 15, 2011.
"Got Freedom?" Cinespect. July 7, 2011.
"Against All Odds." Cinespect. June 23, 2011.
"A Filmable Feast." Cinespect. May 19, 2011.
"Double Trouble: Cannes Journal, Entry Five." Cinespect. May 18, 2011.
"Childhood's End, Part Two: Cannes Journal, Entry Four." Cinespect. May 14, 2011.
"Childhood's End, Part One: Cannes Journal, Entry Three." Cinespect. May 13, 2011.
"Fairy Tales for Adults: Cannes Journal, Entry Two." Cinespect. May 12, 2011.
"Setting the Scene: Cannes Journal, Entry One." Cinespect. May 11, 2011.
"The Insane Natural: An Unconscious Film Trilogy." Cinespect. February 23, 2011.
"The Elusive but Wonderful Films of Patricia Gozzi." Cinespect. February 4, 2011.
