Category: Roos Gravemaker
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Meeting the board: Roos and Luc
Read more: Meeting the board: Roos and LucThe editorial board of 2017-2018 would like to introduce itself to you! First up: Editors-in-chief Roos Gravemaker and Luc de Vries.
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Kanye West – Reanimator
Read more: Kanye West – ReanimatorThe waiting was gruesome, but Kanye never faltered. Every now and then he applied his ear to the chest of the specimen, and bore the negative results in typical Kanye fashion: by throwing a non-sequitur rant. He’d wax hyperbolic about breadth and width of his art, claiming that it couldn’t be contained by mere…
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Ode to the Pimple
Read more: Ode to the PimpleIt was a cold February morning when I was on my way to Amsterdam from Haarlem station. Like any other person commuting by train, I normally keep my business to myself but this time I was distracted by the guy sitting in front of me. It was a Spanish tourist who was browsing through…
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T2 Trainspotting
Read more: T2 TrainspottingChoose to make a highly anticipated sequel to a 20 year old movie. Choose to ignore the cynicism surrounding remakes, follow-ups, and other so-called money-draining exploitations of an initial “good movie”. Choose nostalgia. Choose letting an entire generation reach for the last lingering strings of their youth. Choose to accept some meagre compliments and…
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I Feel Therefore I Am: Wes Anderson, Donald Trump, and New Sincerity
Read more: I Feel Therefore I Am: Wes Anderson, Donald Trump, and New SincerityLet’s talk about Wes Anderson’s H&M Christmas ad and Donald Trump because the two may have more in common than you might think. The Christmas ad shows a train struck by bad winter weather which means that the passengers will unfortunately not be able to get home for the holidays. As luck would have…
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