MATTHEW CARON » Vol. 1 Brooklyn http://yrfriendmatthew.com Sun, 06 Sep 2015 04:58:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 BAMcinématek Presents: Brian De Palma Suspense http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2011/04/07/bamcinematek-presents-brian-de-palma-suspense/ http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2011/04/07/bamcinematek-presents-brian-de-palma-suspense/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:21:49 +0000 yrfriendmatthew http://yrfriendmatthew.com/?p=797 A consideration of the suspense films of Brian De Palma, for Vol. 1 Brooklyn

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Brian De Palma’s films are about either amateur detectives or monsters. Without conducting a poll or consulting the grosses, my gut tells me that the monster movies have been more successful at imprinting themselves on the culture and enriching their investors. Among these, Scarface and Carrie have surely left the deepest impressions, for they are films in which every single character manages to take a turn at being a violent grotesque. Tony Montana isn’t simply a guy who sold and snorted too much coke before getting his head blown off, he’s a folk hero who gets to hang out at the top for a minutes, while Carrie White presents the ultimate sad-sack teenager who gets to off her mom and the kids at school in a great big fireball of justified pyrohormonal rage. Like all great monsters, they destroy all they they encounter until they self-destruct.

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]]> http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2011/04/07/bamcinematek-presents-brian-de-palma-suspense/feed/ 0 An Interview With Hunter Hunt-Hendrix of Liturgy http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2010/10/13/an-interview-with-hunter-hunt-hendrix-of-liturgy/ http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2010/10/13/an-interview-with-hunter-hunt-hendrix-of-liturgy/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:34:56 +0000 yrfriendmatthew http://yrfriendmatthew.com/?p=558 I interviewed Hunter Hunt-Hendrix of Liturgy for Vol. 1 Brooklyn

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]]> http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2010/10/13/an-interview-with-hunter-hunt-hendrix-of-liturgy/feed/ 0 Thoughts on Laurie Anderson’s “Delusion” at BAM http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2010/09/24/thoughts-on-laurie-andersons-delusion-at-bam/ http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2010/09/24/thoughts-on-laurie-andersons-delusion-at-bam/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:00:38 +0000 yrfriendmatthew http://yrfriendmatthew.com/?p=542 Some thoughts on Laurie Anderson’s “Delusion” at BAM’s Next Wave Festival 2010, for Vol. 1 Brooklyn.

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]]> http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2010/09/24/thoughts-on-laurie-andersons-delusion-at-bam/feed/ 0 Reviewed: Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2010/02/15/reviewed-electric-cambodia-for-vol-1-brooklyn/ http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2010/02/15/reviewed-electric-cambodia-for-vol-1-brooklyn/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:00:18 +0000 yrfriendmatthew http://yrfriendmatthew.com/?p=282 I reviewed Dengue Fever Presents: Electric Cambodia for Vol. 1 Brooklyn

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More than a record review, I used this opportunity to convey a brief history of Cambodia’s great rock n’ roll scene in the 1960s through 1975. It’s a chapter in pop music history that’s very close to my heart.

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]]> http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2010/02/15/reviewed-electric-cambodia-for-vol-1-brooklyn/feed/ 0 Reviewed: Portable Grindhouse http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2009/11/11/reviewed-portable-grindhouse-for-vol-1-brooklyn/ http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2009/11/11/reviewed-portable-grindhouse-for-vol-1-brooklyn/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:03 +0000 yrfriendmatthew http://yrfriendmatthew.com/?p=286 I reviewed Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art Of The VHS Box by Jacques Boyreau for Vol. 1 Brooklyn

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]]> http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2009/10/30/reviewed-cinema-of-obsession/feed/ 0 Reviewed: Not Quite Hollywood http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2009/10/15/reviewed-not-quite-hollywood-for-vol-1-brooklyn/ http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2009/10/15/reviewed-not-quite-hollywood-for-vol-1-brooklyn/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:00:18 +0000 yrfriendmatthew http://yrfriendmatthew.com/?p=290 I reviewed Mark Hartley’s Ozploitation documentary Not Quite Hollywood for Vol. 1 Brooklyn

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]]> http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2009/10/15/reviewed-not-quite-hollywood-for-vol-1-brooklyn/feed/ 0 Roman Polanski: Unwanted & Undesirable http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2009/09/28/roman-polanski-unwanted-undesirable-for-vol-1-brooklyn/ http://yrfriendmatthew.com/2009/09/28/roman-polanski-unwanted-undesirable-for-vol-1-brooklyn/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:00:33 +0000 yrfriendmatthew http://yrfriendmatthew.com/?p=294 I shared some thoughts about Roman Polanski’s arrest in Switzerland over at Vol. 1 Brooklyn

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