Akiva Gottlieb

Akiva Gottlieb is a writer in Los Angeles.

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All solutions are temporary in today’s digital market, and no successful revenue model is immune from disruption.

Apr 28, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

Comforting Vacuums

Comforting Vacuums Comforting Vacuums

In Stories We Tell, actor turned director Sarah Polley interrogates her past, revealing that our stories are our dearest form of property.

Jul 29, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

Shelf Life: Hal Hartley’s Unbelievable Truths

Shelf Life: Hal Hartley’s Unbelievable Truths Shelf Life: Hal Hartley’s Unbelievable Truths

The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, The Book of Life, The Girl from Monday and Meanwhile

Mar 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

An Artful Imbalance

An Artful Imbalance An Artful Imbalance

Treme is an understated and deeply melancholic patchwork of American stubbornness.

Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

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Ben Urwand’s The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler.

Nov 19, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

The Long Goodbye: On Steven Soderbergh

The Long Goodbye: On Steven Soderbergh The Long Goodbye: On Steven Soderbergh

Hollywood’s wonkiest director hasn’t stopped working. He’s finding new problems to solve—and toying with us again.

Sep 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

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Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, Monte Hellman’s Two-Lane Blacktop

Jul 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

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Robert Bresson’s The Devil, Probably; Maurice Pilat’s Police; Leo McCary’s My Son John.

Feb 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

Last Picture Shows: Film and Obsolescence Last Picture Shows: Film and Obsolescence

Until the final reel of celluloid is shot and projected, will every film’s primary subject be film itself?

Sep 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

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Louis Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street; Vera Farmiga’s Higher Ground; John Cassavetes’s Too Late Blues

Jul 24, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

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