Critic Armond White on Michael Jackson Legacy (Part 1)
Excerpt from Armond White’s “Pop Video Artists And Hollywood Influence” Presentation
JAN 18, 2008
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center
(Part 1) Critic Armond White on Michael Jackson Legacy
June 26, 2009 by thewowjonesreport(Part 2) Critic Armond White on Michael Jackson’s Legacy
June 26, 2009 by thewowjonesreportCritic Armond White on Michael Jackson’s Legacy (Part 2)
From Armond White’s “Pop Video Artists and Hollywood Influence” Presentation
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center
JAN 18, 2008
New Armond White Book, “What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Movies” To Be Released Later This Year!
March 3, 2009 by thewowjonesreportTuesday, March 03, 2009 by Wow Jones
After Armond White’s book review in The New York Times Book Review Section on Sunday, March 1, 2009; the bio at the end of the story says that Armond White is to release a new book called, “What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Movies” later this year.
A new book featuring the writing of Armond White? On one of the greatest (and one of the most popular) movies ever made? Bring it on!
By the way, he reviewed the Molly Haskel book on the movie (and book) GONE WITH THE WIND called, “Frankly My Dear, ‘Gone With The Wind’ revisited”.
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For those interested in reading past writing by Armond White, purchase a new or used copy of his book, “The Resistance: Ten Years of Pop Culture That Shook The World“.
Armond White profiled in NEW YORK Magazine
February 18, 2009 by thewowjonesreportWednesday, February 18, 2009
by Wow Jones
There’s a revealing profile of Critic Armond White in the February 23, 2009 issue NEW YORK (Model Kate Moss is on the cover–Spring Fashion Issue) Magazine. No mention of Armond White’s book, “The Resistance: Ten Years of Pop Culture That Shook The World”, but a okay profile nonetheless. Sums up his career, his background and notes his…notoriety.
In the profile on Armond White, the writer Mark Jacobson covers:
- Armond White’s dismissal of the films SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, MILK, WALL-E, and the Romanian “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”.
- Armond White’s BETTER THAN List where he offers alternatives to overpraised hyped-to-death films.
- Transporter 3 vs The Dark Knight and the noise over Armond White’s dismissal of the financially successful and popular (yet HORRIBLE) The Dark Knight.
- Internet coverage and response to Armond White.
- Armond White’s upbringing in Detroit and how it shapes how he looks at the world and movies.
- the kinds of films Armond White loved as a child.
- Pauline Kael and Andrew Sarris.
- discourse in cinema today.
- Armond White’s reputation within the critical community.
- the aesthetics of film reviewing (theatre vs a DVD screener?)
- Armond White on watching movies today.
- Armond White on Wes Anderson and Paul Thomas Anderson.
- Blade Runner vs…
- Armond White on Steven Spielberg and John Ford
- An anecdote of A Screening of Steven Spielberg’s film, Close Encounters of The Third Kind.
If this interests you, then check out the Armond White profile in NEW YORK Magazine.
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For those who aren’t familiar with this critic’s writing, you may want to purchase a new or used copy of his book, “The Resistance: Ten Years of Pop Culture That Shook The World.”
Armond White’s Book “THE RESISTANCE: Ten Years Of Pop Culture That Shook The World” Quoted in book SCARFACE NATION by Ken Tucker
February 3, 2009 by thewowjonesreportTuesday, February 3, 2009 — by Wow Jones
Just noticed that Editor-At-Large/TV Critic for the magazine ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, Ken Tucker has written a book on the movie SCARFACE.
The book is called “SCARFACE NATION: The Ultimate Gangster Movie And How It Changed America”.
In book, Ken Tucker quotes Armond White’s “THE RESISTANCE: Ten Years Of Pop Culture That Shook The World” in reference to Armond White’s defense of the work of director Brian DePalma, who also directed the movie SCARFACE.
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Controversial Critic Armond White’s New Essay Offers List Of Seminal Hip-Hop Milestones In New Book On The Art and Design of Hip-Hop
October 28, 2008 by thewowjonesreportTuesday, October 28, 2008 – by Wow Jones
DEFinition: The Art And Design Of Hip-Hop Front Cover
The new coffee-table styled photo book, “DEFINITION: The Art And Design Of Hip-Hop” by Cey Adams and Bill Adler offers…
Armond White Movie Review of the Quentin Tarantino film “Pulp Fiction” (QUOTE from the Armond White book “The Resistance: Ten Years of Pop Culture That Shook The World”)
July 2, 2008 by thewowjonesreport
104) Armond White Movie Review of Quentin Tarantino’s film Pulp Fiction -1994-
“Pulp Fiction itself is a misleading title; it should simply be renamed
Trash. It keeps within the shallow, thoughtless boundaries of cheap
Armond White Movie Review of the Boaz Yakin film “Fresh” (QUOTE from the Armond White book “The Resistance: Ten Years of Pop Culture That Shook The World”)
July 2, 2008 by thewowjonesreport103) Armond White Movie Review of the Boaz Yakin film Fresh -1994-
“Boaz Yakin could conceivably have made Fresh just to prove…
Armond White Movie Review of the film “Forrest Gump” and the documentary “Freedom On My Mind” (QUOTE from the book “The Resistance: Ten Years of Pop Culture That Shook The World”)
July 2, 2008 by thewowjonesreport
102) Armond White Movie Review of the film Forrest Gump and the documentary film Freedom On My Mind. -1994-
” ‘My fantasies were being played out for me in real life,’ says Curtis Hayes, one of the Freedom Summer participants who get to tell their
