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RYAN TRECARTIN AND THE GENERATION GAP, OR HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE CACOPHONY

By David Finkelstein | June 2013

Trecartin’s artistic skill is the embedded moral stance in the work…

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RYAN TRECARTIN AND THE GENERATION GAP, OR HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE CACOPHONY

The first works by video artist Ryan Trecartin which I had a chance to see were from the “I-Be Area” series (2007), and my reaction was one of almost...

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LEAVE M. NIGHT ALONE!!!

Last week “After Earth,” the newest film from writer/director/actor/punching bag M. Night Shyamalan, opened and, as is always the case for any...

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THE SWEET SMELL OF SIFF 2013, PART II

SIFF is now in session. Already wrapping up its second frenzied week, the Seattle International Film Festival 2013 has hit full roar… and it feels like a...

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THE SWEET SMELL OF SIFF 2013

The smell of SIFF is in the air. Only this year, thanks to Washington Marijuana Initiative 502, it’s a sweeter, more pungent aroma. The 39th Seattle...

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ON “SPRING BREAKERS,” PART TWO… IT’S BRITNEY, BITCH!

(This is part two in a seemingly never ending series on the film "Spring Breakers." This piece will contain spoilers on the film so if you plan on seeing...

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ON “SPRING BREAKERS”… PART ONE

(This piece will contain spoilers on “Spring Breakers.” If you plan on seeing the film and don’t want anything ruined, please come back after...

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THE WORLD PREMIERE OF “HOLY GHOST PEOPLE” WAS…

Sorry for the lack of updates, it’s insane here at South by Southwest 2013. Did you know there’s free beer everywhere?! There is. And I can’t stop...

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HEY MAN, CAN WE BORROW YOUR CAR?

A sort of minor/major part of the script of “Holy Ghost People” was the car that our hero Wayne (played by the ass kicking Brendan McCarthy) drives....

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THERE’S WONDERFUL POWER IN THE BLOOD

When I last left you, it was after giving a brief tour of my brain a few days before the premiere of our film “Holy Ghost People.” Insecurity, Freudian...

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I GOT A FILM IN SXSW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY BLOG

The nightmares started about fifteen days ago. I would be contently sleeping, wedged between our dog and our new kitten when an almost film noir type of...

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