Category Archives: Film
Good Dog! My Dog Tulip, the Movie
Early this year I noted how much I was looking forward to the animated adaptation of J.R. Ackerley’s My Dog Tulip. Producer Norman Twain said recently, “The process of making the movie took three years and sometimes felt like grass growing, but it was all worth it.” And after catching it at Film Forum last [...]
In Auteur Words: Soft Skull’s Deep Focus
Is it too wretched of a pun to say that I’m on record as being a huge fan of Continuum’s 33-1/3 books? I love the package, those beautiful little paperbacks in which various writers go in deep about the albums that moved them, and they’ve been consistently good as well. From Andy Miller on The [...]
My Dog Tulip, the Movie
J.R. Ackerley’s My Dog Tulip is one of those books that you either warm to right off the bat or never. At least that’s my conjecture, since I personally have a soft spot for it a mile wide. Or more like a city block long—Tulip is one of those books that I think appeals not [...]
They Make Everything… Groovy
Sadly, I only found out about the Where The Wild Things Ought to Be contest after the winner was picked. Sponsored by We Love You So, the official blog of the Spike Jonze film adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are, intrepid Photoshoppers were invited to wild up the scene, artwork, or video clip of [...]
