Slideshow
THE BIGAMIST
Introduced by film critic Melissa Anderson
Tuesday, March 3
8:00
Following the screening, Anderson will sign copies of her new collection of film criticism, The Hunger: Film Writing, 2012-2024 (Film Desk Books), available at our concession, in the lobby.
Melissa Anderson is the film editor and lead film critic of 4Columns. Her monograph on David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE was published in 2021 by Fireflies Press.
The Hunger assembles the best of Anderson’s film writing from, among other outlets, Bookforum, Artforum, the Village Voice, and 4Columns.
Including not only reviews of contemporary and older movies but also essays devoted to the work of a single performer (such as Candy Darling and Shelley Duvall), The Hunger showcases an exceptional voice in criticism—one that is queer but undoctrinaire, homophilic yet heterodox. The collection concludes with a wide-ranging discussion between Anderson and the critic and scholar Erika Balsom about the role of pleasure and sexuality in writing, assessing stardom in the 21st century, covering repertory cinema in New York City, and the exhilarations that the movies still provide.
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