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Michael Quinn

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Writing about the things that shape how I see.


May 11, 2026

A Trip Around the World with Krzysztof Kieślowski

May 11, 2026/ Michael Quinn
A Trip Around the World with Krzysztof Kieślowski

Watching the films in the Three Colors trilogy one after another on the big screen, I noticed things I’d never seen before.

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May 11, 2026/ Michael Quinn/
critical influences, cultural criticism, film, ethics, New York City
Krzysztof Kieślowski, Three Colors trilogy, Three Colors Blue, Three Colors White, Three Colors Red, Blue film, White film, Red film, Metrograph, Polish cinema, European cinema, art house film, film criticism, cultural criticism, Juliette Binoche, Irène Jacob, Julie Delpy, Zbigniew Preisner, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, The Double Life of Véronique, liberty equality fraternity, 1990s cinema, French cinema, Swiss cinema, Polish film directors, Criterion Collection
March 01, 2026

Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman"

March 01, 2026/ Michael Quinn
Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman"

Some people have closed the book on Woody Allen. I understand that impulse. But his movies shaped who I am—and rewatching Another Woman reminded me how much.

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March 01, 2026/ Michael Quinn/
art & identity, class & power, critical influences, cultural criticism, fashion, film, New York City
September 01, 2025

Naming What Matters: Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar, and Power of the Particular

September 01, 2025/ Michael Quinn
Naming What Matters: Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar, and Power of the Particular

Their cameras didn’t just capture people—they revealed relationships.

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September 01, 2025/ Michael Quinn/
art criticism, book reviews, critical influences, cultural criticism, LGBTQ+, New York City, places & spaces, photography, art & identity
August 12, 2025

My Letter to "The New Yorker" on Green-Wood Cemetery

August 12, 2025/ Michael Quinn
My Letter to "The New Yorker" on Green-Wood Cemetery

This week, The New Yorker published my letter to the editor about Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, a place I walk through weekly, finding new things to discover each time.

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August 12, 2025/ Michael Quinn/
New York City, Brooklyn, places & spaces, cultural criticism, critical influences, book reviews, nature
Brooklyn, New York City, Cultural criticism, Personal & reported essays, Green-Wood Cemetery, Cemeteries & memorials, Urban green spaces, Historic landmarks, Arboretums, The New Yorker, Letters to the editor, Michael Quinn Brooklyn, Michael Quinn Green-Wood, Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn, Red Hook Star-Revue, Brooklyn Arcadia, Andrew Garn

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