Armond White Archive
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Portrait of Jason reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on April 17, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White The difference between Antonio Fargas playing a pathetic Black queen based on Jason Holliday in Next Stop Greenwich Village and Jason Holliday playing himself in Portrait of […] -
42: The Jackie Robinson Legend reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on April 9, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White We are fortunate to be spared Spike Lee’s take on the Jackie Robinson story, which surely would have been spiteful: emphatic about race grievance and loaded with […] -
Alex Cross and Detropia reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on October 20, 2012 | No CommentsAlex Cross and Detropia zombify a city By Armond White Detroit’s old magnificent Michigan Theater was one of the country’s finest cinema edifices. A palace of dreams, its vaulted ceiling […] -
Snow White and the Huntsman reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on June 3, 2012 | No CommentsBy Armond White Why should we be watching commercials director Rupert Sanders’ film Snow White and the Huntsman when Romain Gavras’ No Church in the Wild music video for Kanye […] -
Dark Shadows reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on May 12, 2012 | No CommentsSpooky or Kooky? Tim Burton’s Campy Dark Shadows By Armond White Gone are the days when Tim Burton films made you laugh first. Now Burton more likely makes you cringe […] -
Remebering Adam Yauch by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on May 4, 2012 | No CommentsGunnin’ For That #1 Spot Directed by Adam Yauch The Wackness Directed by Jonathan Levine By Armond White Midway through 2008, something surprising has happened: two films with human dimension […] -
Celine and Julie Go Boating reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on May 4, 2012 | No CommentsThe Boy Who Played with Dolls Jacques Rivette’s Meta Movie Returns By Armond White Legend says (and an eyewitness confirms) that at the 1974 New York Film Festival press screening […] -
Detention reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on April 13, 2012 | No CommentsDetention Kahn vs. the World of Pop By Armond White Pop culture moves fast but not as fast as Joseph Kahn’s Detention, a rampage through recent pop history that is […] -
Being Flynn reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on March 4, 2012 | No CommentsBeing Flynn Gets Human By Armond White Award Season is over and we can try to get back to films as part of our culture and not some meaningless race […]