Tag: the believer

A Hologram for the King (2016) – A Dave Eggers Novel to Film Adaptation that is Watchable but Makes One Mostly Curious About How Much Was Lost in Translation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW4OE1egbHs Tom Hanks stars in this adaptation of one of my favorite contemporary / intelligently countercultural writers work - Dave Eggers - based on the novel of the same name 'A Hologram for the King' (which I haven't read). Hanks stars in another adaptation of Eggers' as well, 'The Circle' (2017) based on the novel … Continue reading A Hologram for the King (2016) – A Dave Eggers Novel to Film Adaptation that is Watchable but Makes One Mostly Curious About How Much Was Lost in Translation

The Believer Magazine – October Issue – is the ‘Survival’ Issue, Looking at Love in the Time of Apocalypse

READ THE FULL CONTENTS OF THE SURVIVAL ISSUE OF THE BELIEVER MAGAZINE ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR FREE - Here. 'The notion of survival is inextricably bound with the concept of a future. And what can be said about the future right now, except that it is absurdly, unprecedentedly uncertain? We feel hopeful and also suspicious … Continue reading The Believer Magazine – October Issue – is the ‘Survival’ Issue, Looking at Love in the Time of Apocalypse

Charlie Kaufman vs Critics / Believers vs. Snarks

READ THE STORY: Charlie Kaufman’s Defense of Film The screenwriter’s novel “Antkind” takes aim at the worst kind of critic. Charlie Kaufman is the infamous mad scientist screenwriter of such films as 'Adaptation', 'Being John Malkovich' and 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'. He also wrote a novel, 'Antkind' about film critics. I haven't read … Continue reading Charlie Kaufman vs Critics / Believers vs. Snarks