Arts
Both a eulogy, and a call to arms, for cinema. Kate Wolf is joined by writer and film critic Nick Pinkerton to discuss his book-length essay on Tsai Ming-liang's film Goodbye Dragon Inn, which revolves around the final screening at a cinema in Taiwan - on the very day that 300 Movie Theaters are shuttered across Southern California. Kate and Nick share a defiant sadness, and revel in memories of the power and meaning they found in a communal space of shared dreams - and wonder how it might be preserved amidst the tyranny of tiny screens and the banality of the bottom line. Also, Sam Cohen, author of Sarahland, a collection of short stories, drops by to recommend Larry Mitchell's The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions.