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...Clot is the hard-boiled, hard-drinking hero of Blood on the Saddle, the first novel by Rafael Reig to be translated into English (smoothly, by Paul Hammond). A finalist for the 2003 Premio Fundación Lara, Spain's top literary prize, the book has become a cult classic. Carlos Clot, said El País, Spain's largest newspaper, is "the new Spanish antihero." If so, then Reig, 42, is the new antihero of Spanish letters. In five imaginative novels, he has subverted language, shuffled genres and generally had mucho fun - as in his 1992 "autobiography" of Marilyn...
First arriving on the international artistic scene as the illustrator of frequent collaborator Neil Gaiman’s “Violent Cases,” McKean continues to work with his friend: he was the cover artist of Gaiman’s classic “The Sandman” graphic novel series and wrote “MirrorMask,” his directorial debut, along with Gaiman. In addition, McKean has illustrated for The New Yorker, made beautiful CD covers for the likes of the Counting Crows, and created “Cages,” a long...
However, Showalter couples his flaws with an earnestness that makes the safe protagonist incredibly endearing. While Michael Showalter might not yet be a household name, his fans have obsessed over his cool camp counselor role in the 2001 cult-classic “Wet Hot American Summer,” his comedy trio “Stella” on Comedy Central, and the long-defunct MTV show “The State...
...sometimes choppy acting should not deter theatergoers. First, for all its faults, it’s a great introduction to what may be one of the best stories in English literature, and it is worthwhile to those who cherish the classic. Second, the look of the film is incredible, in large part due to the brilliant production design of Allan Starski, veteran of “The Pianist” and “Schindler’s List...
...demonstrates the sage wisdom of his words more than the 11th track, “Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go,” which takes this muzak-style to dizzying new heights of suckitude, completely killing the greatness of Soft Cell’s ’80s classic “Tainted Love” through their tremendously terrible reworking...