Samuel Harwood

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What Jeff Bezos’ Pro-Trump Turn Means for Amazon Studios

January 20, 2025 by Samuel Harwood

The Spool

The Amazon chair has already proven, through his control of The Post, that he’s willing to directly intervene in his supposedly independent properties. Prime Video, which is already slowly moving from showcasing subversive stories to broad entertainment and live sports, could be his next focus.

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January 20, 2025 /Samuel Harwood

Migration in Dialogue: Po Yu Chen and Yue Jiang

September 06, 2024 by Samuel Harwood

IMPULSE

An interview I conducted with filmmaker couple Po Yu Chen and Yue Jiang, part of a series about immigrant artists' experience with the U.S. immigration system.

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September 06, 2024 /Samuel Harwood

Music, Mario and the Magic Community: The World of Video Game Music

July 12, 2024 by Samuel Harwood

Published in Spanish by Fintualist

In the last few years, Video Game Music has grown not only as a genre but a global trend.

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July 12, 2024 /Samuel Harwood

Interview: The Jocelyne Saab Association

July 10, 2024 by Samuel Harwood

IMPULSE

Interview with Jinane Mrad on the mission and work of the Jocelyne Saab Association.

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July 10, 2024 /Samuel Harwood

The Beirut Trilogy by Jocelyne Saab: Film Review

July 05, 2024 by Samuel Harwood

IMPULSE

It is difficult to find a purer form of documentary than the Beirut Trilogy, which fulfills exactly the promise of the medium’s name. The three films document glimpses of the life of a cosmopolitan city – once known as “the Paris of the Middle East”

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July 05, 2024 /Samuel Harwood

Jonathan Glazer, the Variety "Open Letter" and the Manufacturing of Outrage

March 24, 2024 by Samuel Harwood

The Spool

On March 18, eight days after the Academy Awards ceremony, Variety published an article with the following headline:

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March 24, 2024 /Samuel Harwood

In Hollywood's Backyard: Film Review

October 25, 2023 by Samuel Harwood

Video Librarian

It’s something of a shame that Billy Preston never starred in a western.

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October 25, 2023 /Samuel Harwood

The Great 14th: Film Review

September 18, 2023 by Samuel Harwood

Video Librarian

The film does not directly concern itself with His Holiness’ public image nor frame itself through an editorial lens. Rather, it sits back and lets the man himself tell the story.

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September 18, 2023 /Samuel Harwood

Lonesome: Film Review

July 03, 2023 by Samuel Harwood

Video Librarian

At the beginning of Craig Boreham’s erotic drama Lonesome, we see a young man (Josh Lavery) hitchhiking down a rural highway. We don’t know who he is or where he’s going, just that he’s a cowboy.

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July 03, 2023 /Samuel Harwood

Feast for the Senses: Gallery Review

May 10, 2023 by Samuel Harwood

Aesthetica Magazine

If you have ever cut out images from a fashion magazine and pasted them together into a collage, then Under Your Smell at Photo Elysée, Lausanne, will feel somewhat familiar.

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May 10, 2023 /Samuel Harwood

Sepa, Nuestro Señor de los Milagros: Film Review

May 05, 2023 by Samuel Harwood

Video Librarian

The Swiss film producer Walter Saxer made his first trip to the Amazonian jungle in Peru in 1977. He worked there for five years as the lead production manager for Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo, which is well-known today for its troubled production history.

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May 05, 2023 /Samuel Harwood

Mamma Tried: Pasolini's Gospel According to St. Matthew

December 22, 2022 by Samuel Harwood

Projektor

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) opens with a striking close up of Mary Magdalen’s face — her eyes absorbing, her gaze unwavering. It contrasts with a close-up of Joseph, who looks shaken and befuddled.

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December 22, 2022 /Samuel Harwood

Atlanta: When No Place is Home

September 13, 2022 by Samuel Harwood

Slant Magazine

The first episode of the fourth and final season of Atlanta sees its main characters returning from a European tour and lost in their own city.

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September 13, 2022 /Samuel Harwood

Paper Girls: A Period Time Travel Yarn that Feels Lost in Time

July 29, 2022 by Samuel Harwood

Slant Magazine

A recent USA Today article presents Paper Girls as part of a summer wave of ‘80s nostalgia, which is somewhat odd given that only the first of its eight episodes takes place in the decade.

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July 29, 2022 /Samuel Harwood

Does Santa Monica still have Space for Small, Family-owned Restaurants?

September 04, 2019 by Samuel Harwood

L.A. Taco

El Texate on 4th and Pico in Santa Monica has been serving authentic Oaxacan food since the Marcial family opened it in 1992.

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September 04, 2019 /Samuel Harwood /Source

LA Affairs: A Love Derailed by Staying on Track

August 01, 2015 by Samuel Harwood

Los Angeles Times

We’re gripping a standing pole on the Metro Red Line that carries us from Hollywood to Union Station. It’s the first time in a while that I’ve been home…

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August 01, 2015 /Samuel Harwood

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