Year of the Month: Deconstructing 1971 – TWO-LANE BLACKTOP/THE LAST MOVIE
The cultural shorthand for early-70s American filmmaking is that directors had a significant degree of…
John Bruni
John Bruni teaches at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. His book, Scientific Americans: The Making of Popular Science and Evolution in Early-20th-Century U.S. Literature and Culture, was published by University of Wales Press in 2014. His second book, Astonishment and Recognition: Observing Systems in the Films of John Cassavetes, is under review at Fordham University Press.
Articles:
Year of the Month: Losing Time in CERTIFIED COPY
Juliette Binoche has a knack for taking us to emotionally-layered places. As Elle, in the…
Year of the Month: “Home At Last”? Steely Dan Arrives on AJA
In 1977, the musical world at large finally caught up with Steely Dan. Up until…
The Year in Review: Seeing the Music
At the start of March, a deadly tornado missed where I was staying in East…
Year of the Month: “To the Outerzone” – MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE
“Almost as soon as ‘rock’ consolidated its identity in the late Sixties, there’s been post-or…
Year of the Month: THE MISFITS and Hollywood Modernism
The Misfits epitomizes a certain type of Hollywood modernist aesthetic: a film about Big Ideas…
“A Man Alone”: John Bruni and Son of Griff on THE BREAKING POINT and TRY AND GET ME! (Year of the Month)
JB: Noir has always challenged dominant cultural values, and, at times, can capture the light…
Noir Vs. Noire: Son of Griff and John Bruni on CITY OF QUARTZ, THE TWO JAKES, and TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (Year of the Month)
“Ugly buildings, politicians and whores all become respectable when they get old enough” …
Neil Young’s HOMEGROWN, a Lost-70s Look at the Wages of Love, Now Available
These last few weeks have been a good time for recovering lost-70s treasures. Last Friday…
HUSBANDS: A Restored Argument about Social Role Playing
At long last, Criterion has released its version of Husbands (1970), continuing its tradition of…