Friday, January 05, 2007

What's Better-Than Armond White?

Finally, his whole critical style distilled to one infographic. Unfortunately, Steven Spielberg didn't release a movie this year... we'll have to wait until 2008 to find out why Indiana Jones IV is better than the entire oeuvre of Jim Jarmusch. (Via The House Next Door)

This reminds me: several weeks ago John Podhoretz of the National Review called Manohla Dargis' review of Inland Empire "the most pretentious piece of writing in all of recorded history." These can only be the words of a man who has never read Armond White.

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