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Ben Eckstein Discusses His Film, Zero Fucks
Back in 2019, I had the pleasure of speaking with director Ben Eckstein about his upcoming film Zero Fucks, which is about to enter the crowdfunding stage to help with post-production costs. This film has an exciting concept, and there’s a significant Twin Peaks presence in the cast that we speak about. I hope you…
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The Anthology of Emo Volume 2: An Interview With Tom Mullen
Sitting down and speaking with Tom Mullen, I never doubted for a second how seriously he takes emo. This genre of music, whose definition is often misinterpreted, was a subject we would cover in great detail during our interview. Tom’s book, The Anthology of Emo Volume 2, is due out this September and make no…
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Remembering Kurt Cobain 25 Years Later
“Kurt Cobain is dead”. Disc jockey Jay Gilbert, then of Cincinnati’s hard rock station WEBN, was how I learned of Cobain leaving this world. I was sitting in the front seat of my Dad’s car, one of my younger sisters in the back. I don’t know what was said before the announcement of Cobain’s suicide…
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Looking at the Barry Season 2 Finale
On a night where the entire television world was fixated on the final episode of Game of Thrones, Barry‘s second season ended with 30 minutes of television that not only should be viewed and discussed by the masses but also capped off one of the best seasons of any show in recent memory. Barry has…
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Barry S2 Episode 6: “The Truth Has a Ring To It”
Fans of HBO’s Barry had to be wondering how the show would follow up on last week’s David Chase-like fever dream of an episode, “Ronny/Lily,” and what we were treated to was another tour de force of an episode. While opinions may vary on last week’s installment, I am firmly in the camp that it…
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Barry S2 Episode 4: “What?!”
Season 2 of Barry is now halfway complete, and the stakes were raised considerably this week. Themes of identity and whether or not a person can really change took center stage in an episode that had the feeling of a midseason finale and was light on humor in favor of drama and furthering character arcs.…
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Barry S2 Episode 2: “The Power of No”
I really enjoyed Season 1 of Barry but in my humble opinion, the show never hit its stride until the final two episodes of the season. My biggest question heading into Season 2 was if the show would be able to continue to head down the truly heart-wrenching yet hysterical path Season 1 ended on. The…
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A Review of the Barry Pilot Episode
Originally published in March of 2018. Last night, Barry debuted on HBO, it’s first of an eight-episode season. Series lead Bill Hader directed the episode in addition to co-writing it with series co-creator Alec Berg (Silicon Valley). I will be going into spoiler territory here after this first paragraph so if you’re looking for a…
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