A long-lost slice of pulp by this literary figure gets resurrected by Hard Case Crime.
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SXSW Movie Review: William F. Buckley, Asteroids and Al Qaeda
SXSW presents three documentaries: "Best of Times," "They Will Have to Kill Us First," and "Disaster Playground."
Read More »Interview With Nicholas Wrathall, Director of ‘Gore Vidal: The US of Amnesia’
After I screened Nicholas Wrathall's documentary, 'Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia,' I briefly chatted with Wrathall who shared his impressions of Vidal as he got to know him during the process of making the film.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia’
In 'Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia,' Nicholas Wrathall creates an entertaining, well thought out and succinctly edited documentary. Wrathall cobbles together snippets from video archives, and interview clips and masterfully reveals what made Vidal who he is and how he engendered the vital purpose of his writing and sardonic, pithy commentary: to awaken us from our amnesia.
Read More »Book Review: Jack’s Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac by Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee
Jack Kerouac as others saw him.
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