Andrew Gutman

Halftime Leisure

Dota 2: Frankfurt Major Follow-Up

Last week marked the beginning of the Frankfurt Major, the first ever Dota, seasonal, major tournament.When the tournament began, sixteen teams came to compete for the $3 million prize pool,... Read more

By November 25, 2015

Leisure

McCarthy Highlights both Clerical and Journalistic Flaws in Spotlight

The procedural genre— one in which a problem is presented, investigated, and solved—encourages precision and economy, allowing for the comparatively unaffected telling of true stories. It’s also a genre that... Read more

By November 20, 2015

Leisure

Dull Bits Cut Out: On Orson Welles

Quick – what’s the best movie of all time? Casablanca? The Godfather? The Dark Knight? Statistically speaking, you probably said Citizen Kane. Probably the best-known film about the newspaper industry,... Read more

By November 14, 2015

Halftime Leisure

Dota 2: Frankfurt Major Preview

Right now, 80 individuals from all over the world are making their way to Frankfurt, Germany. They come from many places: The United States, China, Russia, Sweden, the Philippines, Peru.... Read more

By November 12, 2015

Leisure

Dull Bits Cut Out: a column on film, on Greta Gerwig

The film opens on two women in a park, each poised for attack. They lunge at each other, stumbling, arms flailing, and they break into laughter. The film cuts, and... Read more

By October 25, 2015

Leisure

Critical Voices: Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly

That it turned out to be a garden-variety clerical error that To Pimp a Butterfly got released early is irrelevant—only Kendrick Lamar could make us wait three years for an... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Halftime Leisure

Five Guys vs. Thunder Burger & Bar: Burger Week

Here we have a true set of opposites—the sloppily satisfying casual dining of Five Guys (Burgers and Fries) and the noveau-hip “serious” patty craft of Thunder Burger (& Bar). One... Read more

By November 20, 2014

Halftime Leisure

Black Coal, Thin Ice Perplexes and Excites

Something unusual happened last February at the Berlin International Film Festival. Many films were vying for the festival’s top prize, including Richard Linklater’s 12-year coming of age story Boyhood and... Read more

By November 19, 2014

Halftime Leisure

Also Like Life Highlights Lauded Taiwanese Filmmaker

This past Sunday marked the beginning of the DC run of Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien, a retrospective on the work of the internationally admired Taiwanese filmmaker.... Read more

By November 5, 2014

Halftime Leisure

Gone Girl is Mostly Successful

You might know David Fincher, director of such films as Seven, Fight Club, and The Social Network. You probably also know Gone Girl, the 2012 novel by Gillian Flynn that... Read more

By October 7, 2014