Michael Atkinson (born 1962) is an American writer, poet and film critic. His

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is ''Hemingway Deadlights'' ( St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books, 2009), and he has written widely on film and culture, in ''

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Film Comment ''Film Comment'' is the official publication of Film at Lincoln Center. It features reviews and analysis of mainstream, art-house, and avant-garde filmmaking from around the world. Founded in 1962 and originally released as a quarterly, ''Film Co ...

'', '' The Believer'', ''

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'', '' Spin'', ''

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'', ''Details'', '' Moving Image Source'', IFC.com, TCM.com, ''Movieline'', ''

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'', '' Chicago Reader'', '' LA Weekly'', ''The Stranger'', '' The American Prospect'', '' Baltimore City Paper'', '' Modern Painters'', and other publications. His volume ''Exile Cinema: Filmmakers at Work Beyond Hollywood'' (SUNY Press) featured work by Guy Maddin, Stuart Klawans, Ed Park, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Joshua Clover, David Thompson,

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, and others. His debut book of poetry is ''One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train'' ( Word Works), and his poems have also appeared in a number of journals, including '' The Threepenny Review'', '' Ontario Review'', ''Chelsea'', '' Michigan Quarterly Review'', ''

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'', '' Epoch'', '' Crazyhorse'', '' Seneca Review'', ''

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'', '' Cimarron Review'', and '' The Laurel Review'', among others. Since 1997, Atkinson has taught at Long Island University. Since 2017, he has served as editorial director of the online film school Smashcut. He has been the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship, and was a featured writer in ''September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond'' (ed. William Heyen, Etruscan Press, 2002), ''The Best American Movie Writing 2001'' ( John Landis & Jason Shinder, eds., Avalon/Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001), ''Celluloid Jukebox'' (Jonathan Romney & Adrian Wooton, eds.,

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, 1997), and ''

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1993'' (eds.

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& David Lehman, Collier/ Macmillan, 1993). Atkinson also co-authored and co-produced the pilots ''Babylon Fields'' (2007), produced by 20th Century Fox for

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, and again in 2014 for

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. Atkinson participated in the 2012 ''Sight & Sound'' critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: ''

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L'Atalante ''L'Atalante'', also released as ''Le Chaland qui passe'' ("The Passing Barge"), is a 1934 French film written and directed by Jean Vigo, and starring Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo and Michel Simon. After the difficult release of his controversial ...

'', '' Blue Velvet'', ''

Céline and Julie Go Boating ''Céline and Julie Go Boating'' (french: Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies Over Paris) is a 1974 French film directed by Jacques Rivette. The film stars Dominique Labourier as Julie and Juliet Berto as Céline. It won the Special ...

'', '' Citizen Kane'', '' Late Spring'', ''

A Man Escaped ''A Man Escaped or The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth'' (french: Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut, which literally translates as: "A man condemned to death has escaped or The wind blows where it wants"; the subtitl ...

'', '' Pierrot Le Fou'', ''

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'', and '' Sherlock Jr.''.

Bibliography

* ''Hemingway Cutthroat'', St. Martin's Press, New York, 2010. * ''Hemingway Deadlights'', St. Martin's Press, New York, 2009. * '' Exile Cinema: Filmmakers at Work Beyond Hollywood'', SUNY Press, Albany, 2008. * ''Flickipedia: Perfect Movies for Every Occasion, Holiday, Mood, Ordeal and Whim'', (Co-written with Laurel Shifrin)

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, Chicago, 2007. * ''One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train'', Word Works, Wash. DC, 2002. * ''Ghosts in the Machine: Speculating on the Dark Heart of Pop Cinema'', Limelight Eds., New York, 2000. * ''Blue Velvet'',

, London, 1997.

References

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