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2013 Stories by Nick Pinkerton

• On the Road is Tamed at Last

  published March 21, 2013

  Two sacred texts of the '50s proto-counterculture have escaped the rapacious machine of cinema adaptation for a half-century. One is J.D.... More >>

• In No, It's the Ad Man vs. the Dictator

  published March 14, 2013

  In 1988 the fate of Chile and its dictator came down to a ballot as simple as a middle-schooler's do-you-like-me? note. A referendum... More >>

• Charles Swan III: Not Even a Coppola Can Make a Charlie Sheen Vehicle Watchable

  published February 14, 2013

  As he's questioned by a therapist in the opening scene of the film bearing his name, we see Charles Swan III's subconscious literally spurt out... More >>

• Parker: Rough Guide to a Rough Guy

  published January 24, 2013

  In George A. Romero's deeply silly 1993 Stephen King adaptation The Dark Half, Timothy Hutton stars as Thad Beaumont, a writer whose... More >>

• Ass Kicking, Plato-Style: The Great Director Walter Hill Brings a "Bullet" (and Ideas) to Your Head

  published January 24, 2013

  "It's hard to get these things started," says Walter Hill, the dean of the American action movie, speaking to me from Los Angeles. "Action... More >>

• Michael Haneke's Chilly, Lauded Amour

  published January 17, 2013

  There are two things that are certain in life. One is that death will come for every one of us. The other is that every film Michael Haneke... More >>

• Gangster Squad Retells the Stories of Better Movies

  published January 10, 2013

  Originally slated to open in September 2012, Gangster Squad was delayed when the movie-theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado,... More >>

• Promised Land Pitches a Hard-Sell

  published January 3, 2013

  Salesmen are typically depicted in screen drama as the quintessential American phonies. The exceptions — in Barry Levinson's... More >>