Martin Belk

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Film Review: Kill Your [ FILMMAKER ] – no beat here.

January 8, 2014 by martinbelk

My first cinematic wish for 2014: please, dear Hollywood, STOP MAKING THIS SHIT.

Perhaps they aren’t releasing it, at all, in Paris, because of the potential for a complete literary meltdown. I finally got to see the long-awaited Kill Your Darlings “starring” Daniel Radcliffe. Pretty good film. Cheesey quick-takes and indy rock music. Pretty good acting. Historical piece of crap. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Review Tagged With: Allen Ginsberg, Beat Poets, Beats, Film, Jack Kerouac, Kill Your Darlings, Lucien Carr, New York City, William S Burroughs