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Ashley Naftule
Ashley Naftule
JoinedDecember 3, 2018
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Ashley Naftule is a writer and theater artist from Arizona. He's been published in Pitchfork, Bandcamp, Vice, Longreads, Popula, Under The Radar, Cleveland Review of Books, Phoenix New Times, Ghost City Press, Coffin Bell Journal, Rinky Dink Press, Nice Cage, Moonchild Magazine, and Four Chambers Press. He's a playwright and the Artistic Director at Space55 theatre in downtown Phoenix. You can find him talking shit about music, movies, and wrestling on Twitter as @Emperor_norton.
Amateur (1994) | Sony Pictures Classics

S&M and Bible Studies: Hal Hartley’s Amateur

Ashley Naftule·
Issue 69: 1994
The studied cool facades Hal Hartley’s characters put on, the way they almost play-act being criminals, the romantic fatalism that drives both the overarching narrative and the characters themselves: These are all elements that would make just as much sense in a Godard or Truffaut joint as they would in a ‘90s American indie film. Read More