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Bombast

Bombast: Carole Eastman

By Nick Pinkerton
November 21, 2014
A close look at the all-too-brief career of the woman who wrote Five Easy Pieces

Bombast: Horror Business

By Nick Pinkerton
October 31, 2014
The great possession: looking at the economics of regional American horror films, past and present

Bombast: 35, Stayin’ Alive

By Nick Pinkerton
October 24, 2014
Battle of the Film Format Stars: about medium-specific squabbling and nastiness at the New Bev

Bombast: Fan Club

By Nick Pinkerton
October 17, 2014
Show 'em some love: when counterculture met the mainstream, and other horrors of fandom

Bombast: Gone Finching

By Nick Pinkerton
October 10, 2014
Not an open-and-shut case: a forensics report on Gone Girl and its place in David Fincher's oeuvre

Bombast: Belly

By Nick Pinkerton
September 26, 2014
Big pimpin': on Hype Williams's decadent, decade-defining aesthetics

Bombast: Blitz Package

By Nick Pinkerton
September 17, 2014
Gods and monsters: football players on the field, the big screen, behind the camera, or caught somewhere in-between

Bombast: Zeitgeist

By Nick Pinkerton
September 5, 2014
The daily grind: a consideration of David Bordwell's arguments about reviewing and criticism

Bombast: Kim’s Video

By Nick Pinkerton
August 29, 2014
On the life and legacy of one of New York City's most frustrating, awe-inspiring video store chains

Bombast: The Apple, After the Fall

By Nick Pinkerton
August 22, 2014
The high-low country: parsing the taste of the late Menahem Golan through the 1980 semiotext The Apple