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LIFELINE/CLYFFORD STILL

Christopher Reed — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:55:57 +0000

An artist of uncompromising principles, Still did not, in his lifetime, experience quite the acclaim of a Jackson Pollock or Mark Rothko, and had nothing but contempt for the now-revered Museum of Modern Art, which he accused of “institutionalizing modernism.”

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ON THE FRINGE, PART FOUR: KILLER OF SHEEP (1978)

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 20:49:20 +0000

Accepting his long overdue honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards this year, the soft-spoken, wide-eyed filmmaker Charles Burnett first thanked all his friends and supporters present for their support, particularly those who were there back in the days when he “didn’t have […]

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CATCHER IN THE RYE, THE MOVIE

Noah Buschel — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:52:58 +0000

I was going to see a friend’s play called In The Wake at The Public. The other play going on was called Gatz—an unlikely sensation of a play where a bunch of actors read The Great Gatsby in its entirety. […]

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