"And so it goes. Many of us saw it coming. But just wouldn’t, couldn’t believe it. But after Ridgeway and Schanberg and Christgau got the axe, a half dozen other senior editors were forced out, and the national syndicate of arts reviewers moved in, it was inevitable that longtime Village Voice film critic/editor Dennis Lim would be next on the chopping block of New Times management. As Lim leaves the Voice’s pages, so, too, do the auteurs he’s championed over the years, from Guy Maddin to Spike Jonze, Jia Zhang-Ke to David Lynch, Tsai Ming-liang to Hou Hsiao-hsien. Art-house lovers, we’re at the end of an era. Independent distributors IFC Films, Zeitgeist, ThinkFilm, Roadside, Palm, Koch Lorber, Kino, and First Run, if you think you had a friend at alternative weeklies across this country, you can think again. Film critics can also say goodbye to the Voice’s annual film poll — a yearly rite of passage for many critics, both aspiring and established — which I can’t imagine will be renewed under the new management. ..."
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NY Times: David Lynch Returns: Expect Moody Conditions, With Surreal Gusts By Dennis Lim (Oct. 1, 2006)
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