CityArts - New York's Review of Culture

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The first issue of CityArts under the editorship of Armond White is now available at newsstands and online.

I am honored to be included in its pages, which features contributions by the three best culture writers in the world today.

Please find below the article I submitted, along with other pieces by the three writers who have most inspired me:


ARMOND WHITE
No-Fun Gus and the Opposite of a Life Force (http://cityarts.info/2011/09/13/no-fun-gus-and-the-opposite-of-a-life-force/)
Gus Van Sant’s latest takes seriousness deadly serious; Ryan Gosling delivers a dull Steve McQueen impersonation in the obvious Drive.

GREGORY SOLMAN
David V. David (http://cityarts.info/2011/09/13/david-v-david/)
Mamet and Letterman Wage TV War at the Crossroads of 9/11

BEN KESSLER
Nevermind Kurt Cobain, Here’s Jon Stewart (http://cityarts.info/2011/09/13/nevermind-kurt-cobain-here%e2%80%99s-jon-stewart/)
Political hipster turns grunge classic into bumper shtick

JOHN DEMETRY
Liberating Liz (http://cityarts.info/2011/09/13/liberating-liz/)
Andy Warhol’s Gagosian print show puts humanity back in celebrity


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An honor to be included in the company of the two greatest film critics in the world today. We join forces to defend Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece!

Straw Dogs Puts Peckinpah’s Masterpiece at Center of the Fall Season

In an online exclusive feature, CityArts critics examine Hollywood’s remake obsession and its negative effects on film culture. Armond White (http://cityarts.info/2011/09/21/cityarts-forum-straw-dogs-art-legacy/) reviews Straw Dogs’ art legacy and takes on the review of record. Gregory Solman (http://cityarts.info/2011/09/21/cityarts-forum-straw-dogs-stix-nix-prix-flick/) recalls what makes Peckinpah great that Rod Lurie just doesn’t understand. And John Demetry (http://cityarts.info/2011/09/21/cityarts-forum-straw-dogs-straw-arguments/) analyzes the treacheries of Hollywood hackwork.


ARMOND WHITE
Straw Dogs’ Art Legacy (http://cityarts.info/2011/09/21/cityarts-forum-straw-dogs-art-legacy/)
Pekinpah As Pop, Peckinpah As Classic

GREGORY SOLMAN
Straw Dogs - Stix Nix Prix Flick (http://cityarts.info/2011/09/21/cityarts-forum-straw-dogs-stix-nix-prix-flick/)
Art into Bad Agit-Prop Fools Nobody

JOHN DEMETRY
Straw Dogs, Straw Arguments (http://cityarts.info/2011/09/21/cityarts-forum-straw-dogs-straw-arguments/)
Exposing Lurie’s Lurid Fallacies


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