Ever since I discovered, and fell in love with, the spirited critical tradition of cineastes Pauline Kael and Anthony Lane, I've been an avid The New Yorker reader. Now that Pauline Kael is delivering reviews from on high, and Anthony Lane seems to be on hiatus, the cudgels for cinematic common sense have been taken up by the underrated David Denby. The current online issue of The New Yorker is a good introduction to the quietly intelligent Mr. Denby. In this issue, he discusses, to a certain extent, how current critical cinema favors disordered narratives. Another worthwhile read.
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Picture of the February 13 & 20, 2006 issue of The New Yorker comes courtesy of Hellen Van Meene.
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