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Alex Ross Perry’s ’90s Band Bio Plays with Passion D trends

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Alex Ross Perry’s ’90s Band Bio Plays with Passion D trends

In Alex Ross Perry’s exuberant tribute to Pavement, Tim Heidecker gives a succinct descriptor of what made the band a staple of college radio stations in the ‘90s: “For kids who thought everything was stupid and everything sucked, they were your band.” In an era when rock stars gave up hours doing big hair in … Read more

RaMell Ross Breaks Free of Reform-School Tropes D trends

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RaMell Ross Breaks Free of Reform-School Tropes D trends

From “Boy A” (the movie that launched Andrew Garfield’s career) to “Zero for Conduct,” movies set in broken boarding schools and juvenile reformatory centers are a dime a dozen. With “Nickel Boys,” director RaMell Ross finds fresh colors in such a rigidly codified genre, turning a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel into a minimalist tone poem. The … Read more