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Bombast

Bombast: Queens, City of Cinema (Part Two)

By Nick Pinkerton
August 15, 2014
Of multiplexes and men: the grand tour of theaters continues

Bombast: Queens, City of Cinema (Part One)

By Nick Pinkerton
August 14, 2014
Home turf: a grand tour of the borough's theaters and their movies, one summer in the year 2014 A.D. Part one of two

Bombast: It’s War

By Nick Pinkerton
August 6, 2014
Useful fictions: the repulsions and attractions of war and its chronicles

Bombast: I Love Don Weis

By Nick Pinkerton
July 25, 2014
From fantasias to football ballets to M*A*S*H, the prolific career of director Don Weis

Bombast: Ad Hominem, Ad Nauseam

By Nick Pinkerton
July 18, 2014
The art of (flame) war: on civility and criticism

Bombast: Poliziotteschi and Screening History

By Nick Pinkerton
July 4, 2014
On the sublime nature—and impossibility of understanding—historical context

Bombast: Jersey Boys

By Nick Pinkerton
June 27, 2014
Female trouble: on Jersey Boys, Mrs. Eastwood & Company, and Tightrope

Bombast: Drop Dead Fred, Come Back Rik Mayall

By Nick Pinkerton
June 20, 2014
Ego formation: on revisiting a favorite film from childhood and its star

Bombast: Punking Out

By Nick Pinkerton
June 13, 2014
We Are the Best! and a mosh down memory lane with punk and punks in cinema

Bombast: The Punishment Continues

By Nick Pinkerton
June 6, 2014
Cinema's new economics, in an era of multiple platforms and endless garbage