Jim Knipfel

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Jim Knipfel is the author of Slackjaw, Noogie’s Time to Shine, These Children Who Come at You With Knives and what some might argue are far too many other books with ridiculous titles. His...

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The Cinematic Spirit of ’76

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Jan 28, 2026 Fifty years ago, the New Hollywood made one brave last stand before being TKO’ed by empty spectacle and endless sequels. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Sports

Go, Pack, Go: What It Means to Root for the People’s Team

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Nov 10, 2025 In Green Bay, the chant “We own you” has a double meaning. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Boogey, Man!: Resurrecting Our All Hallows Eve Top 40

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Oct 31, 2025 The definitive Halloween soundtrack (that doesn’t include “Monster Mash"). Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Books

(Don’t Fear) Thomas Pynchon

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig May 2, 2025 The legendary author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” turns 88 this week, but we’re the ones getting the presents. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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David Lynch’s Third Peak

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Jan 27, 2025 As the world remembers the singular director’s oeuvre, his “other” television show has been curiously forgotten. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Film

Have Yourself a Twisted Little Xmas

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Dec 25, 2024 The Truthdig guide to holiday movies that are just plain wrong. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

A gunsligner dressed in navy blue reaches for his gun as he looks at the album cover for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Tex Johnson and His Six Shooters. The two images appear in front of a swirling, hynpotic graphic that is reminiscent of the Twilight Zone.

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Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Dec 23, 2024 Where did Tex Johnson’s elusive Christmas album come from? Who recorded it? And why do so many people spend their lives searching for it? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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‘Unalived’ by a Thousand Cuts

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Nov 14, 2024 The language is always evolving, but will mainstreaming evermore hypersensitive euphemisms for “death” really keep the Grim Reaper at bay? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Novelizations Have Risen From the Grave

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Oct 31, 2024 A small horror publisher re-animates literature’s most terrifying and despised monster. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Citizen Noogie

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Jul 25, 2024 Why a novelist gave the major Hollywood studios the brush in favor of a young, first-time filmmaker with no money. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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They Don’t Decorate Carcasses

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Jun 7, 2024 A long-lost anti-war novel by Louis-Ferdinand Celine gets the English translation it deserves. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Film

Fast and Cheap: The Legend of Roger Corman, 1926 — 2024

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig May 16, 2024 Was the maker of ‘Attack of the Crab Monsters’ and ‘Death Race 2000’ our most important independent filmmaker? Yes, he was. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

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