James Frey's Blog, page 41

Goodbye Cruel Worldism

from The Atlantic THE PEOPLE CHEERING FOR HUMANITY’S END A disparate group of thinkers says we should welcome our demise. By Adam Kirsch Painting by Reynier Llanes. Home, 2022 (mixed media on paper, 70 x 59 inches). “Man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end.” With this declaration in The Order of Things (1966), the […]

A Cameron Perspective

from The Hollywood Reporter Inside James Cameron’s Billion-Dollar Bet on ‘Avatar’ The director on spending a decade of his life — not to mention hundreds of Disney’s millions — to make ‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ the long-awaited second film in his ambitious and risky franchise: “There’s skepticism in the marketplace. Can anybody even remember […]

Man Of The Year Gone

from The Wall Street Journal When Time’s ‘Man of the Year’ Meant Something Subjects of the magazine’s annual story were once viewed as secular saints—or, on occasion, devils. By Lance Morrow Time magazine’s Man of the Year selection once was a bigger deal. So, for that matter, were the Academy Awards and the presidency. It was […]

Sacred Flow

from AP For many Hawaiians, lava flows are a time to honor, reflect By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU (AP) — When Willette Kalaokahaku Akima-Akau looks out at the the lava flowing from Mauna Loa volcano and makes an offering of gin, tobacco and coins, she will be taking part in a tradition passed down from her grandfather […]

Sight & Sound 2022

from indiewire ‘Jeanne Dielman’ Tops Sight & Sound’s 2022 Poll of the Best Films of All Time Other films to land in the top 10 include “In the Mood for Love,” “Beau Travail,” “Mulholland Drive,” “Vertigo,” and “Citizen Kane.” By Wilson Chapman and Christian Blauvelt Another decade, another Sight & Sound poll. On Thursday, the British magazine unveiled […]

The Hand of Woman

from artnet A Woman’s Name Uncovered in the Margins of a 1,200-Year-Old Medieval Manuscript Provides a Fresh Clue About Its Real Significance The discovery is a rare example of the involvement of women in medieval book culture. by Richard Whiddington While studying a rare medieval manuscript in Oxford’s Weston Library, PhD student Jessica Hodgkinson noticed something […]

The Siegfried & Roy Saga

from The Atlantic The Original Tiger Kings At the peak of their fame, they were arguably the most famous magicians since Houdini. By Chris Jones and Michael J. Mooney Siegfried & Roy photographed at their residence in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1991 (Mark Seliger / AUGUST) The last survivors of a lost empire live behind the Mirage, in Las […]

Mondrian Piet

from OBSERVER A Piet Mondrian Painting Has Been Hanging Upside Down for More Than 75 Years The work, first exhibited at New York’s MoMA, might have been accidentally mislabeled or turned over in a crate. By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly An abstract art piece from Dutch painter Piet Mondrian has mistakenly been hanging upside down for the past […]

Cuprate Crystals

from WIRED The High-Temperature Superconductivity Mystery Is Finally Solved An atomic-scale experiment all but settles the origin of the strong form of superconductivity seen in cuprate crystals, confirming a 35-year-old theory. by CHARLIE WOOD FOR DECADES, A family of crystals has stumped physicists with its baffling ability to superconduct—that is, carry an electric current without any […]

Curderburger

from PASTE Culver’s Curderburger Offers An Absurdist Glance Into An Untapped Meat Substitute: Cheese By Charlie Wacholz Culver’s (in)famous Butterburger might be the best fast food burger out there. After all, its roots lie smack-dab in the middle of Wisconsin’s Burger Belt, a strip of burger goodness that runs between its two biggest cities, Milwaukee and […]