Harmony Korine, ‘A Crackup at the Race Riots’

First published on The Quietus (April 21st 2013) //

Nothing New For Trash Like You:
On Harmony Korine’s Debut Novel

While mimicry is often the sincerest form of flattery,
Declan Tan examines the ins and outs of Harmony Korine’s
‘Great American Choose Your Own Adventure novel’ by way of emulation

 

‘The Duke and Errol’ excerpt // fiction

First published on The Scrambler (8th April 2013) //

Tao Lin, ‘Taipei’

First published on The Quietus (17th March 2013) //

Declan Tan finds himself caught in the whirlwind of this latest offering from, perhaps, one of the most unique literary voices of a generation

Steve Ely, ‘Ratmen’

First published on 3:AM Magazine (February 12th 2013) //

Malcolm X (1992) Reassessed

First published on The Quietus (November 21st 2012) //

Declan Tan turns the cinematic clock back two decades for another look at Spike Lee’s epic portrait of an African-American icon

On its release in November 1992, the long-awaited biopic of Malcolm X topped out at number three in the US box office, right behind the sequel of a certain stranded little rich kid (this time in New York) and the peculiar misadventures of a vampire. It seems things in the film world haven’t advanced that much in those past twenty years – instead, studios seem merely to have consolidated these two concepts and produced, well, Twilight, as is my understanding.

Man Bites Dog (1992) Revisited

First published on The Quietus (September 14th 2012) //

Declan Tan rewinds two decades to this prescient Belgian satire, assembled by a trio of young filmmakers including the late Rémy Belvaux

Lawless (2012) Review

First published on The Quietus (7th September 2012) //