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A Few Impressions

The Parallel Structure in 'Strangers on a Train'

In Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, two men meet riding the railroad and discuss killing people in each other’s lives in order to duck suspicions based on motives. The parallel structure of the book allows Highsmith to jump from one character to another, showcasing how one man takes things a little too. Full story

A Few Impressions

‘American Psycho’: Ten Years Later/Twenty Years Later

'American Psycho' is (at least for now) the pinnacle of Bret Easton Ellis's art: the dark-hearted swansong of an era that sums up its subject matter with a perfect balance of breadth and incisiveness. Gross satire delivered with a hyperrealistic technique. Full story

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My Name Is Tom and I’m a Video Game Addict

I was a Nintendo 'Legend of Zelda' fanatic. The later incarnations of 'Zelda'—I think one was called 'Ocarina of Time'—helped me through difficult times in high school, while also making me feel like a loser because I was spending hours playing a children's game when I could have… Full story

VICE Premiere

James Franco Just Sent Us His Band's Latest Video

His band is called Daddy, and he does it along with his art school buddy Tim O'Keefe. Their new video for "Crime ( remix)" is composed of footage shot on Harinezumis, which were mounted to 35mm cameras during the production of 'Spring Breakers.' Full story

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'Leviathan,' I Love You

How did the filmmakers achieve this poetry? Because, if anything, this movie exemplifies the art of poetry without words, the art taking real life and framing it in such a way that it becomes greater than fiction. It holds up a mirror to nature, but this mirror came from a fun h… Full story

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'Gatsby'

The old saying is that a good book makes a bad film, while a paperback potboiler like 'The Godfather' makes a great film. But this wisdom is derived from the idea that a good book is made by the writing, and if it’s adapted into whatever, its magic is lost. But in the end, Luhrma… Full story

Obseshes

Everyone's All About It

VICE very presciently did up a whole issue loosely themed around spring break (I wrote about “limited chaos,” which is going to solve your life if it needs solving) (probably), and my girls are all about it and are scrapping whatever nascent fashion plans were in place for S/S 13… Full story

The ATL Twins Take Us Behind the Scenes of the 'Spring Breakers' Premiere in LA

Our friends the ATL Twins, who you might recognize from the cover of VICE's March issue and Harmony Korine's 'Spring Breakers,' sent us a bunch of photos from the 'Spring Breakers' premiere after-party in LA last week. There's not much more to say except they are AMAZING! Full story

Behind the Debauchery

A 'Spring Breakers' Scrapbook

I’ve known Harmony Korine for many years; we’ve been friends through thick and thin, good times and bad. I feel like every element of 'Spring Breakers' was him creating an environment where people felt really open and safe—perhaps so they were comfortable going crazy (in a fun wa… Full story

Meet the Nieratkos

The Wonderful Sieben of Oz

I love it when our friends become famous, especially when those friends come from the skateboarding world. So you can imagine how my heart sang when I heard that our very own columnist, Michael Sieben, had been tapped to give his visual interpretation of 'The Wizard of Oz.' Full story