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Best of Enemies – A Review

Franklin Mount

You're watching live television coverage of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Outside of the convention hall, the Chicago police are clubbing demonstrators asking for peace. Inside the convention, on the ABC News set,...

All This Life: A Novel by Joshua Mohr – A Review

Bernard Meisler

The cover illustration for Joshua Mohr's terrific new novel, All This Life, offers a clue—no, more than that, a cipher—to the book's heart. It's subtle and you might not notice it, or give it much thought on first blush,...

The Third Man – A Review

Franklin Mount

I hurried over to Film Forum the other day (first day of the run) to see the 4K restoration of The Third Man, the great 1949 film directed by Carol Reed. Why rush to see a 65-year-old movie, especially one I’ve seen at ...

Nostalgia and Heartbreak in Kim Gordon’s ‘Girl In A Band’ – A Review

JC Gonzo

I began and finished Kim Gordon’s memoir in the NYC subway, catching glimpses of her life and self reflection between hectic transfers, rushing to make my next engagement. I missed a couple of stops, too focused to be bo...

Goodfellas – 25th Anniversary Restoration – A Review

Franklin Mount

Spoiler alert: This movie is fairly violent, it’s well over two hours long, and everyone has already seen it. New York, June, 1970. We see three men in a car, driving somewhere late at night, and the car is making a kn...

Playing Chicken With Thanatos By Díre McCain — A Review By Phil Smith

Phil Smith

Playing Chicken With Thanatos By Díre McCain (Apophenia, 2013) Playing Chicken With Thanatos by the editor of Paraphilia Magazine, Díre McCain, is an extraordinary piece of autobiographical writing. For the first 200 pa...

Nightmare Code, directed by Mark Netter – A Review by Franklin Mount

Franklin Mount

Nightmare Code, directed by Mark Netter, starring Andrew J. West, Mei Melançon, and Googy Gress, written by M.J. Rotondi and Mark Netter. We start with a troubled young man (Andrew J. West, best known for his portrayal as ...

Gladyss of the Hunt by Arthur Nersesian – A Review by Jim Feast

Jim Feast

Gladyss of the Hunt by Arthur Nersesian (Verse Chorus Press, 2014) The title of Arthur Nersesian’s new book, Gladyss of the Hunt, might seem a peculiar one for a detective novel. However, the author, like the book’s p...

Sensitive Skin Most Best of 2014 More Favorites or Whenever

The Editors

I thought it would be fun to ask some Sensitive Skin editors and contributors what they thought was the best of 2014 - not necessarily the "best of" the year—what they liked best during the year, whenever it came out. So I...

The Late Child and Other Animals by Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger – a review

Norman Douglas

The Late Child and Other Animals Written and colored by Marguerite Van Cook Adapted and drawn by James Romberger Fantagraphics Books The Late Child and Other Animals opens in the middle of the blitz with two wide-eyed ...