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![By Armond White The false politics of film culture 2013 (films exploiting race, class, sexual politics) paralleled the continued diminishment of cinephilia that has subordinated movies to TV, shifting cinema […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/manofsteel-finalposter-blog630a-jpg_155919.jpg "Armond White’s Better-Than List for CityArts")
Armond White’s Better-Than List for CityArts
Posted on January 9, 2014 | No CommentsBy Armond White The false politics of film culture 2013 (films exploiting race, class, sexual politics) paralleled the continued diminishment of cinephilia that has subordinated movies to TV, shifting cinema […] -
![By Armond White It was a rich year for new theatrical releases but the DVD releases have also been extraordinary. Film History lessons begin here: Nashville (Criterion) Following Disney’s years-ahead […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/city-lights.jpg "Best DVDs of 2013 spun by Armond White for CityArts")
Best DVDs of 2013 spun by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on January 4, 2014 | No CommentsBy Armond White It was a rich year for new theatrical releases but the DVD releases have also been extraordinary. Film History lessons begin here: Nashville (Criterion) Following Disney’s years-ahead […] -
![By Armond White DeNiro and Stallone’s first face-off was at the Oscars 36 years ago when Rocky won the Best Picture Academy Award over Taxi Driver. Turns out that was […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/grudge-match.jpg "Grudge Match crowned by Armond White for CityArts")
Grudge Match crowned by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on January 3, 2014 | No CommentsBy Armond White DeNiro and Stallone’s first face-off was at the Oscars 36 years ago when Rocky won the Best Picture Academy Award over Taxi Driver. Turns out that was […] -
![By Armond White The Wolf of Wall Street and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty share the same misfortune. Both films deal with the ambition of working-class protagonists: Scorsese’s three-hour […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Wolf-of-Wall-Street.jpg "Wolf of Wall Street and Secret Life of Walter Mitty mashup dj’d by Armond White for CityArts")
Wolf of Wall Street and Secret Life of Walter Mitty mashup dj’d by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on December 21, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White The Wolf of Wall Street and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty share the same misfortune. Both films deal with the ambition of working-class protagonists: Scorsese’s three-hour […] -
![By Armond White Idris Elba is such a fine figure of a movie star that only racism (its practice and its expectations) can explain why his Black British suave masculinity […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mandela-idris-and-naomie.jpg "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom vetted by Armond White for CityArts")
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom vetted by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on December 20, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White Idris Elba is such a fine figure of a movie star that only racism (its practice and its expectations) can explain why his Black British suave masculinity […] -
![By Armond White Two Parisian domestic tales take different approaches to modern morality. In the comedy What’s In a Name? several couples clash over dinner about the connotations behind the […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/the-past-tahir-rahim.jpg "What’s In a Name? and The Past reviewed by Armond White for CityArts")
What’s In a Name? and The Past reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on December 19, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White Two Parisian domestic tales take different approaches to modern morality. In the comedy What’s In a Name? several couples clash over dinner about the connotations behind the […] -
![By Armond White David O. Russell goes to the 1970s to satirize contemporary Americana in American Hustle. If the title sounds both plain and pretentious, it takes a sense of […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/american-hustle2.jpg "“BEST FILM OF THE YEAR:” American Hustle reviewed by Armond White for CityArts")
“BEST FILM OF THE YEAR:” American Hustle reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on December 18, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White David O. Russell goes to the 1970s to satirize contemporary Americana in American Hustle. If the title sounds both plain and pretentious, it takes a sense of […] -
![By Armond White When an apparition of Bob Dylan appears in Inside Llewyn Davis, it underscores the Coen Brothers’ abiding ambivalence about their Jewishness. Dylan, the oracular pop-star-prophet -outsider from […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/inside-llwey-Davia-Llweqyn.jpg "Inside Llewyn Davis reviewed by Armond White for CityArts")
Inside Llewyn Davis reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on December 13, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White When an apparition of Bob Dylan appears in Inside Llewyn Davis, it underscores the Coen Brothers’ abiding ambivalence about their Jewishness. Dylan, the oracular pop-star-prophet -outsider from […] -
![By Armond White By shooting his new film Nebraska in black and white, writer-director Alexander Payne reveals his phoniness. The contemporary-set story about an old man, Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/film-nebraska.jpg "Nebraska redistricted by Armond White for CityArts")
Nebraska redistricted by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on December 11, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White By shooting his new film Nebraska in black and white, writer-director Alexander Payne reveals his phoniness. The contemporary-set story about an old man, Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) […] -
![By Armond White As a filmmaker, professor and community leader, Spike Lee sends a rotten message to audiences, students, parents, etc. in Oldboy, his remake of Park Chan Wook’s 2003 […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/film-oldboy-samjack.png "Oldboy schooled by Armond White for CityArts")
Oldboy schooled by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on December 6, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White As a filmmaker, professor and community leader, Spike Lee sends a rotten message to audiences, students, parents, etc. in Oldboy, his remake of Park Chan Wook’s 2003 […]