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John Bruni

Year of the Month

“The Point of No Return”: Steely Dan and Gaucho

March 19, 2026

"The kid will live and learn, as he watches his bridges burn"

“The Moon’s Just Holding Its Breath”: Shotgun Willie and Sweet Revenge

October 16, 2025

Willie Nelson and John Prine cross the singer-songwriter borderline

First of the Independents: Shadows

August 20, 2025

As an early independently-made film, Shadows, written and directed by John Cassavetes, is regarded as a significant achievement in cinematic history; but many viewers stop short while trying to come to terms with what the film is doing.

“This Story Would Break My Heart”: Aimee Mann’s The Forgotten Arm

July 18, 2025

Dig into the lyrics and you'll feel how a fractured romance spins out of control.

“Up On the Roof:” Listening to the Past and Present in Legendary Hearts

June 24, 2025

While Legendary Hearts sometimes gets overlooked, it is an essential record in Lou Reed’s solo work.

Early-60s Italy in L’eclisse and Il Sorpasso

May 15, 2025

At the speed of light, or is it the other way around? Watch these two films, and then decide.

Through the American Past Darkly: A New Release of Night Moves Shines Light on Gene Hackman

March 25, 2025

Out on Criterion today, the film should no longer be considered as an idiosyncratic 70s neo noir but instead as a powerful dramatization of how you always miss what you can’t see

Why Do I Keep Listening to Shearwater’s Jet Plane and Oxbow? – A Conversation

February 27, 2025

Sometimes you don't know why you like what you like... here I help my partner figure this out about Shearwater's 2016 album Jet Plane and Oxbow

Counterfeit City Part 2: To Live and Die in L.A.

February 25, 2025

In To Live and Die in L.A. good taste may be timeless but for some counterfeit cops and criminals time runs out.

Counterfeit City: T-Men and To Live and Die in L.A.—A Dialogic Double Feature (Part 1)

January 30, 2025

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones sang that “every cop is a criminal.” In T-Men and To Live and Die in L.A., when it comes to the pursuit of "funny money" in La-La Land it's difficult to tell who is on what side of the law. In Part 1: T-Men what starts as a shout-out to the undercover agents goes to stranger spaces of smoke and steam.