The second edition of the N1FR, n+1's film review, "is very late," begins editor As Hamrah, but there's no need to apologize. The timing is perfect, arriving just many of us will be desperate for distraction from what promises to be a very noisy weekend. As Hamrah notes, there's not one piece in the entire issue on "even one film nominated for an Oscar this year."
Instead, we have Chris Fujiwara setting Vincent Gallo and George Clooney next to each other and riffing on the juxtaposition, Christine Smallwood on Apichatpong Weerasethakul and on Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Jeanette Samyn and Jonathan Kyle Sturgeon on Pedro Costa, Dmitry Martov on Serge Bozon and his circle, Emily Gould on Badmaash Company, a Bollywood movie that screams out to be compared and contrasted with The Social Network, Jennifer Krasinski on the rise of the polymath, Ben Maraniss on Mel Gibson,...
Instead, we have Chris Fujiwara setting Vincent Gallo and George Clooney next to each other and riffing on the juxtaposition, Christine Smallwood on Apichatpong Weerasethakul and on Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Jeanette Samyn and Jonathan Kyle Sturgeon on Pedro Costa, Dmitry Martov on Serge Bozon and his circle, Emily Gould on Badmaash Company, a Bollywood movie that screams out to be compared and contrasted with The Social Network, Jennifer Krasinski on the rise of the polymath, Ben Maraniss on Mel Gibson,...
- 2/25/2012
- MUBI
On first glance, Sam Beam (the man behind Iron & Wine) doesn't look all that much like a rock star. Pasty-skinned and profoundly bearded, Beam looks more like a mysterious mountain man than a prolific, transcendent songwriter. Clearly, looks can be deceiving, as Beam has taken his project from humble roots to incredible heights over the past decade or so. Through three studio albums, a handful of EPs and a number of singles and compilations, Iron & Wine has pushed its base sound (a sleepy-eyed, psychedelic take on singer-songwriter tropes) into the ether, welcoming in all sorts of new sounds and more melody.
Beam's new album Kiss Each Other Clean (which hits the streets today) is his most ambitious yet, dragging in pieces of soul music, experimental rock and classic '70s Am singalongs with nary a folk strum in sight. It seems to be ushering in a new era for Iron & Wine,...
Beam's new album Kiss Each Other Clean (which hits the streets today) is his most ambitious yet, dragging in pieces of soul music, experimental rock and classic '70s Am singalongs with nary a folk strum in sight. It seems to be ushering in a new era for Iron & Wine,...
- 1/25/2011
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
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