Tag: Noir

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Records

Preamble Speaks Volumes

Qasim Ali Naqvi reintroduces the simmering drama of Film Noir. Known for his lean dexterous drumming in the modern acoustic trio Dawn of Midi, Qasim Ali Naqvi leaves behind the rhythmic imperative, taking his hand to ensemble composition using a mix of graphic and traditional notation. Preamble, his latest composition released to the NNA Tapes label, succeeds in […]

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Film

The Synopsis is Not the Synapse

Immediately after my initial encounter with Inherent Vice, the seventh film by widely celebrated auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, the very first sentence I typed for this article was: Paul Thomas Anderson has finally made a bad movie. However, something compelled me to watch it for a second time. Whether this decision to see it again […]