Departments
Splice Archive
Videotapes at the end of their noble run.
Rosebush Pruning is merely shock for shock’s sake.
The absence of soul, emotion, and eros in contemporary pop music.
A 2011 The Rumpus interview with author Edward P. Jones vs. a 2024 Off Screen interview with animator Emilie Goulet.
Redux Redux isn’t a great film, but the McManus brothers could make one in the future.
Denny thinks.
As MLB’s trade deadline approaches, nothing but idle speculation from America’s awful sportswriters/commentators. But the characters remain.
20 years after the last videotape, it’s time to celebrate what makes the format special.
The Grange, Sugar Hill, dead Presidents, Jumbo the Elephant, and more.
Blue Heron doesn't evoke the haunting of an unknowable person, but the emptiness of living for 90 minutes with people who don’t seem to try.
Apple TV’s The Dink is harmless, but not much more.
Returning from Southeast Asia.
A day in the life leaves one breathless. Was it the smoke?
Start as a game with friends, end when you’re asleep with your phone falling on your face.
Investigating our prehistory.
Should writers be judged by their private lives?
Monetizing misery.
From the Sandinistas to The View, you realize it was all lies.
Masters of the Universe has accomplished something that’s been missing from the movies; it’s recovered the life of the soul.
We laugh and laugh so hard it hurts.
(Or I would if I lived in Clacton.)
Women’s empowerment as fetish.
From what Tweets, YouTube shows indicate.
"Liberal" Democrats are seeking to purge young "socialists" while insulting them on the way out.
The late author talks about how drinking doesn't help writing.
The actor and filmmaker on the beginning of recorded sound, Howard the Duck, smartphone overload, and his new series Silo.
The SNL alumnus talks about family, the spiritual world, the origin of her iconic character Debbie Downer.
Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie perform live at The Mann Center in Philadelphia on June 30, 2017.
The performer talks Pam Anderson and more in this November 11, 2003 interview.
The host of The Adam Friedland Show talks about working hard, Cum Town, and his infamous interview with Gavin Newsom.
The directors talk at the world premiere of Robert Rodriguez's film in Austin on January 15, 1996.
The Playboy publisher clashes with radical feminists Susan Brownmiller and Sally Kempton on this March 26, 1970 episode of The Dick Cavett Show.
15 minutes of early recordings by the late musician, including an early version of "Son of Sam."
Kermode talks at length about Christopher Nolan's latest film.
One of the best impressions ever performed on Saturday Night Love, first aired on May 11, 1996.