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Lee Gardner, Author at The Knoxville Mercury
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Albert Serra Presents an Intimate Examination of Royal Decline in ‘The Death of Louis XIV’

In Movies & TV by Lee GardnerMay 2, 2017leave a COMMENT

No spoiler alerts needed. Over the course of two hours, you watch Louis XIV of France, the resplendent, long-reigning Sun King, slip from mild physical distress to the autopsy table. …

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‘Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present’ Brings the Experimental Filmmaker/Musician’s Career Into Focus

In Movies & TV by Lee GardnerFebruary 22, 2017leave a COMMENT

Tony Conrad is perhaps the most important American artist that you’ve probably never heard of. The new documentary Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present starts establishing that fact right away, …

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The Taureg ‘Purple Rain’ Pales Next to the Original

In Movies & TV by Lee GardnerDecember 7, 2016leave a COMMENT

He’s the new kid in town. He’s got music in his soul. His father disapproves, because that ilk never amounts to anything. But there’s this one special girl. And a …

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Jim Jarmusch Misses the Unhinged Magic of the Stooges in By-the-Numbers Rock Doc ‘Gimme Danger’

In Movies & TV by Lee GardnerNovember 3, 2016leave a COMMENT

The Stooges made a critical discovery during their first recording session in New York in 1969: The band couldn’t lay down a decent instrumental track if singer Iggy Pop, nee …

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Slow Cinema Meets a Slow Boat in Immersive Documentary ‘Dead Slow Ahead’

In Movies & TV by Lee GardnerSeptember 28, 2016leave a COMMENT

Things you will see when you watch Dead Slow Ahead: an ocean squall athwart a ship’s bow under a bruised-black sky. The abstract dance of loaders and cranes dumping untold …

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