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Michael Giltz: Books: Padgett Powell Has A Few Questions

Are your emotions pure? Are your nerves adjustable? How do you stand in relation to the potato? Should it still be Constantinople? Does a nameless horse make you more nervous or less nervous than a named horse? In your view, do children smell good? ...

From MICHAEL GILTZ, Huffington Post,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Padgett Powell,  Fred Rogers,  Lamborghini,  Rick Moody,  David Remnick

Michael Giltz: Boo! Scary New DVDs To Rent And Buy

Heading out to the video store and looking for some DVDs to rent or buy? Here's a roundup of recent releases. You can always, of course, rent The Bride Of Frankenstein or Psycho. But why not take a gander at these less obvious choices? DRAG ME TO HELL ( ...

From MICHAEL GILTZ, Huffington Post,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Sony,  Warner Bros.,  Sam Raimi,  Alison Lohman,  Peter Sarsgaard

Michael Giltz: DVDs -- How Do You Say "GoodFellas" In Italian? Il Divo!

Il Divo is one of the best and funniest films of the year, a tour de force in which director Paolo Sorrentino (previously known for static if admirable films) uses every cinematic trick in the book a la GoodFellas to tell a convoluted, wickedly ...

From MICHAEL GILTZ, Huffington Post,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Ken Burns,  Samuel Fuller,  Sony,  Giulio Andreotti,  PBS

Michael Giltz: DVDs -- Rock N Roll Heaven

My friend David went to the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremonies year after year, much to my burning jealousy. The next day, I would pump him for information on who said what and which performances were great, which were a mess, who seemed ...

From MICHAEL GILTZ, Huffington Post,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Mamet,  Paul Shaffer,  John Mellencamp,  Joe Mantegna,  Jackson Browne

Michael Giltz: Exclusive: Nellie McKay Talks About Her Best Album Yet

Singer, songwriter, comedienne, actress and all around career gal Nellie McKay likes to give off an air of scatter-brained goofiness. But in fact she doesn't have just the comic timing of Gracie Allen of Burns & Allen fame. She also has Allen's smarts. ...

From MICHAEL GILTZ, Huffington Post,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nellie McKay,  Doris Day,  New York Times Company,  Billie Holiday,  George Burns

Michael Giltz: Exclusive: Cory Chisel On His Breakout Album

The good news is piling up for musician Cory Chisel. Death Won't Send A Letter -- his first proper album for a major label (RCA's Black Seal) -- is out in stores. Rolling Stone pegged him as one to watch. He and his band The Wandering Sons make their ...

From MICHAEL GILTZ, Huffington Post,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Johnny Cash,  Jimmy Fallon,  FOX Broadcasting Company,  U2 (musician),  Joe Strummer

Michael Giltz: Music -- Rosanne Cash: Singer

Rosanne Cash has never been more naked as an artist than she is today. Her new album The List isn't the record of a deteriorating relationship like Interiors, that people can pick apart for clues to her private life. It's not a meditation on love and ...

From MICHAEL GILTZ, Huffington Post,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Rosanne Cash,  June Carter Cash,  Johnny Cash,  Rodney Crowell,  Helen Carter

Michael Giltz: Toronto Film Festival Wrapup

The Toronto Film Festival ended over the weekend. My first experience there after a decade of covering Cannes was very pleasant: it's a press friendly event and the stress level is much lower than the Wimbledon of film fests. I saw some Oscar hopefuls ...

From MICHAEL GILTZ, Huffington Post,  21 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Vera Farmiga,  Matthew Sweet,  Woody Allen,  Tom Ford,  Nicholas Hoult

Michael Giltz: Toronto Film Fest Day 7 and 8: The Homestretch

I'm hitting the homestretch on Toronto. Six films in the last two days I'm here. LEBANON ** out of **** -- The top winner at Venice, I was really looking forward to Lebanon, a film about the Israeli invasion of Lebanon as seen through the eyes of ...

From MICHAEL GILTZ, Huffington Post,  21 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Hugh Hefner,  Tilda Swinton,  Robert E. Howard,  James Purefoy,  Jann Wenner

Michael Giltz: Toronto Film Fest Day 6: Mild Disappointment, Happy Success and A Hero

Just three movies on Tuesday, thanks to the combination of awkward times and the happy need to go out to dinner with my cousin Jonathon and his girlfriend. When you are determined to see one movie, that immediately eliminates several others. And when ...

From MICHAEL GILTZ, Huffington Post,  16 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Tom Ford,  Julianne Moore,  Colin Firth,  Todd Solondz,  Nicholas Hoult

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