AltWeeklies Wire
'Downloading Nancy' Interrogates Sacrifice in the Hyperdigital Zeitgeistnew
Swedish music video director Johan Renck's first feature is largely a meditation on metaphysical atmospheres -- the suffocating air of tract homes, the cold showers of sexual dysfunction, the liquid plasma of the sickly blue computer screen -- and one woman's compulsion for escape.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Erik Morse |
07-08-2009 |
Reviews
Fear(s) of the Dark Offers an Animated Omnibus of Juvenile Dreadnew
Structured as a frame story of sorts, the film begins with a pack of four voracious hounds, tethered to a sadist, who set out across the countryside in search of blood. Positioned along the backdrop of this chase are four vignettes of horror that center on popular phobias.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Erik Morse |
10-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Various, Fear(s) of the Dark
'High Life' Surfs Waves of Bloody 'Gorno'new
A reprint edition of High Life is belatedly securing Matthew Stokoe's rank as either a literary assassin or putrid gore hound.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Erik Morse |
09-11-2008 |
Fiction
'Wanted and Desired' Takes Aim at Roman Polanski and the Culture of Celebritynew
Some critics will probably deride Wanted and Desired as pure hagiography, or worse yet, a legitimization of Polanski's crimes and subsequent fugitive status. But Zenovich's intentions circumnavigate any idol worship, as her refusal to err toward his guilt or exoneration makes clear.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Erik Morse |
07-23-2008 |
Reviews
Autechre: Listening Deeply to Future's Pastnew
With this month's release of Quaristice, the Manchester electro pioneers have proven once again why they remain the most vital experimental force of the Warp generation.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Erik Morse |
04-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Autechre, Quaristice
