Noel Murray, Author at Movie Mezzanine

Noel Murray

Noel Murray is a contributing writer at The Dissolve and The A.V. Club who has written about film, television, music, and comics for a number of online and print publications, including Nashville Scene, The Hollywood Reporter, The Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone.

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Let’s Do the Batusi Again: In Defense of “Batman ’66”

8 years ago by Noel Murray

Noel Murray writes a spirited defense of "Batman: The Movie," on the eve of the release of a similarly campy DC film, "Suicide Squad."

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Streets, Studios, and Stages: The Music Videos of Jonathan Demme

9 years ago by Noel Murray

In the opening seconds of Jonathan Demme’s music video for The Feelies’ song “Away,” the camera moves slowly around the band, as they begin the song’s soft, dreamy intro. Then “Away” begins in earnest: The Feelies’ two guitarists strum and slide smoothly over ...

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The Lure of the Pan

9 years ago by Noel Murray

Within minutes of The Cobbler’s debut at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, word started spreading that the movie could be an all-timer: a film so foul that it belongs in its own special category of crappy. By the time Thomas McCarthy’s latest ...

Defanging the Unthinkable

A Fitting, Impressive Goodbye

The Ambivalent, Bittersweet "My Life as a Zucchini"

The Complex Morality of "No Country for Old Men"

A New Way of Telling Love Stories

Breaking Standards with Julian Rosefeldt of "Manifesto"

Indulging Mightily with Alex Ross Perry and the "Golden Exits" Cast

The Ultimate Meta-Performance: Kate Lyn Sheil on "Kate Plays Christine"

Now Playing: "From Nowhere"

Now Playing: "Fifty Shades Darker"

Now Playing: "War on Everyone"

Now Playing: "The Salesman"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 287: "Kundun"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 286: "Pinocchio"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 285: "That Darn Cat"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 284: "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement"

Defanging the Unthinkable

A Fitting, Impressive Goodbye

The Ambivalent, Bittersweet "My Life as a Zucchini"

The Complex Morality of "No Country for Old Men"

A New Way of Telling Love Stories

Breaking Standards with Julian Rosefeldt of "Manifesto"

Indulging Mightily with Alex Ross Perry and the "Golden Exits" Cast

The Ultimate Meta-Performance: Kate Lyn Sheil on "Kate Plays Christine"

Now Playing: "From Nowhere"

Now Playing: "Fifty Shades Darker"

Now Playing: "War on Everyone"

Now Playing: "The Salesman"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 287: "Kundun"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 286: "Pinocchio"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 285: "That Darn Cat"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 284: "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement"

Defanging the Unthinkable

A Fitting, Impressive Goodbye

The Ambivalent, Bittersweet "My Life as a Zucchini"

The Complex Morality of "No Country for Old Men"

A New Way of Telling Love Stories

Breaking Standards with Julian Rosefeldt of "Manifesto"

Indulging Mightily with Alex Ross Perry and the "Golden Exits" Cast

The Ultimate Meta-Performance: Kate Lyn Sheil on "Kate Plays Christine"

Now Playing: "From Nowhere"

Now Playing: "Fifty Shades Darker"

Now Playing: "War on Everyone"

Now Playing: "The Salesman"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 287: "Kundun"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 286: "Pinocchio"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 285: "That Darn Cat"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 284: "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement"

Noel Murray

All posts by Noel Murray

Let’s Do the Batusi Again: In Defense of “Batman ’66”

Streets, Studios, and Stages: The Music Videos of Jonathan Demme

The Lure of the Pan

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