The Red Atlantis (Culture And The Moving Image) J. Hoberman Temple University Press, 2000 For half a century, the cold war between the democratic, capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union defined world politics. And then, in 1989, everything changed. The Warsaw Pact disintegrated, the USSR collapsed, and the Berlin Wall came down. Soon there was (almost) no communist culture left on the planet, just the cultural detritus of a "Communist utopia which, in fact, never ...             Action5 reviews Lois Griffith Touchstone, 1997 An exciting and thoughtful collection of theater pieces + A landmark + Intriguing. A very special group of writers. "Action: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Theater Festival," edited by Miguel Algarin and Lois Griffith, brings together 20 theater pieces by a culturally diverse group of female and male artists, all of whom have been affiliated with the cultural institution mentioned in the book's title. Although the ...             Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds2 reviews J. Hoberman Temple University Press, 1995 Fantastic + Fantastic This book is a perfect introduction to Yiddish film. Very little has actually been written about Yiddish film. Hoberman compiles the extant scholarship and couples it with astute and original analysis of the films. He brings Yiddish film away from being a novelty; he contextualizes Yiddish film in ...             On Edge: Performance at the End of the Twentieth Century C. Carr Wesleyan, 1993 Through her engaged and articulate essays in the Village Voice, C. Carr has emerged as the cultural historian of the New York underground and the foremost critic of performance art. On Edge brings together her writings to offer a detailed and insightful history of this vibrant brand of theatre from the late 70s to today. It represents both Carr's analysis as a critic and her testament as a ...             Reverend Jen's Really Cool Neighborhood/Les Misrahi13 reviews Reverend Jen Printed Matter, Inc., 2003 Reverend Jen's Really Cool + Holy Elf + Totally Fun! + The funniest book ever. + Fun Observations About A Fun Place             Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam5 reviews Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz Soft Skull Press, 2007 Great read! + A must-read for poets, still engaging for neophytes + Great Recent History of NYC Poetry + Great Intro to Poetry Slam + Excellent read!             Millennium Film Journal No. 37 "Idiosyncrasies" Melinda Barlow, Marilyn Zeitlin, ... Millennium Film Workshop, 2001 MFJ 37 includes articles about Janie Geiser and Jim Campbell, interviews with Brian Frye and Peter Forgacs, a portfilio of digital images by Pat O'Neill and a chapter of Alexis Krasilovsky's novel about experimental filmmakers.             Captured: A Film & Video History of the Lower East Side Seven Stories Press, 2005 New York's Lower East Side has been a fountain of creativity and art since the early 1950s, a free-wheeling bazaar of ideas and artists that has challenged and shaped mainstream culture. Captured tells the story of film and video in the Lower East Side and the East Village in the artists' own words. Over 100 contributors discuss the early years with Allen Ginsburg, Andy Warhol, Jack Smith, ...             Interpreting the Moving Image (Cambridge Studies in Film)1 review Noel Carroll Cambridge University Press, 1998 A Fine Example of Film Scholarship "Film interpretation is a form of film appreciation, in the first instance, and then a guide to others about the ways in which they too can come to appreciate the value (and, in some cases, the disvalue) of the films in question." So writes Noel Carroll in the "Introduction" of his Interpreting ...             Deathtripping: Underground Trash Cinema (ScreenPrint) Jack Sargeant Soft Skull Press, 2007 This exhaustive study focuses on the New York filmmakers that coalesced around the radical manifesto espoused by downtown filmmaker Nick Zedd: “none shall emerge unscathed.” Placing their work within the wider alternative film and downtown post-punk scenes, Deathtripping offers detailed analyses of the movement’s films alongside interviews with the filmmakers and their ...             Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds2 reviews J. Hoberman Temple University Press, 1995 Fantastic + Fantastic This book is a perfect introduction to Yiddish film. Very little has actually been written about Yiddish film. Hoberman compiles the extant scholarship and couples it with astute and original analysis of the films. He brings Yiddish film away from being a novelty; he contextualizes Yiddish film in ...             Deathtripping: Underground Trash Cinema (ScreenPrint) Jack Sargeant Soft Skull Press, 2007 This exhaustive study focuses on the New York filmmakers that coalesced around the radical manifesto espoused by downtown filmmaker Nick Zedd: “none shall emerge unscathed.” Placing their work within the wider alternative film and downtown post-punk scenes, Deathtripping offers detailed analyses of the movement’s films alongside interviews with the filmmakers and their ...             Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam5 reviews Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz Soft Skull Press, 2007 Great read! + A must-read for poets, still engaging for neophytes + Great Recent History of NYC Poetry + Great Intro to Poetry Slam + Excellent read!             On Edge: Performance at the End of the Twentieth Century C. Carr Wesleyan, 1993 Through her engaged and articulate essays in the Village Voice, C. Carr has emerged as the cultural historian of the New York underground and the foremost critic of performance art. On Edge brings together her writings to offer a detailed and insightful history of this vibrant brand of theatre from the late 70s to today. It represents both Carr's analysis as a critic and her testament as a ...             Captured: A Film & Video History of the Lower East Side Seven Stories Press, 2005 New York's Lower East Side has been a fountain of creativity and art since the early 1950s, a free-wheeling bazaar of ideas and artists that has challenged and shaped mainstream culture. Captured tells the story of film and video in the Lower East Side and the East Village in the artists' own words. Over 100 contributors discuss the early years with Allen Ginsburg, Andy Warhol, Jack Smith, ...             Action5 reviews Lois Griffith Touchstone, 1997 An exciting and thoughtful collection of theater pieces + A landmark + Intriguing. A very special group of writers. "Action: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Theater Festival," edited by Miguel Algarin and Lois Griffith, brings together 20 theater pieces by a culturally diverse group of female and male artists, all of whom have been affiliated with the cultural institution mentioned in the book's title. Although the ...             Millennium Film Journal No. 37 "Idiosyncrasies" Melinda Barlow, Marilyn Zeitlin, ... Millennium Film Workshop, 2001 MFJ 37 includes articles about Janie Geiser and Jim Campbell, interviews with Brian Frye and Peter Forgacs, a portfilio of digital images by Pat O'Neill and a chapter of Alexis Krasilovsky's novel about experimental filmmakers.             Reverend Jen's Really Cool Neighborhood/Les Misrahi13 reviews Reverend Jen Printed Matter, Inc., 2003 Reverend Jen's Really Cool + Holy Elf + Totally Fun! + The funniest book ever. + Fun Observations About A Fun Place             The Red Atlantis (Culture And The Moving Image) J. Hoberman Temple University Press, 2000 For half a century, the cold war between the democratic, capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union defined world politics. And then, in 1989, everything changed. The Warsaw Pact disintegrated, the USSR collapsed, and the Berlin Wall came down. Soon there was (almost) no communist culture left on the planet, just the cultural detritus of a "Communist utopia which, in fact, never ...             Interpreting the Moving Image (Cambridge Studies in Film)1 review Noel Carroll Cambridge University Press, 1998 A Fine Example of Film Scholarship "Film interpretation is a form of film appreciation, in the first instance, and then a guide to others about the ways in which they too can come to appreciate the value (and, in some cases, the disvalue) of the films in question." So writes Noel Carroll in the "Introduction" of his Interpreting ...