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Category Archives: Film
Six French Films That Do Not Speak to the Identity of the Nation
I foolishly clicked a NYT piece titled “Six French Films That Speak to the Identity of the Nation” thinking it might contain cinematic recommendations that elicit a sense of lost indigenous French identity. Instead, all six of the films discussed … Continue reading
The Last King (2016)
The Last King looks like it could be a great film: A true tale set in civil war-ravaged Norway, The Last King depicts the rebel-supported king in his battle against the church’s Bishopsmen, who seek to seize the throne. On … Continue reading
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Under the Skin (2013)
Directed by Jonathan Glazer, who directed the great film Sexy Beast (2000), Under the Skin is a loose adaptation of Michel Faber’s 2000 novel of the same name. It follows an extraterrestrial who has assumed the form of a young … Continue reading
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Show Me a Hero (2015)
Regarding the HBO miniseries “Show Me a Hero” (by David Simon, who created The Wire), which focuses on public housing debates in the ’80s, a liberal WaPo TV reviewer writes: Opposition to the new black neighbors in the white part … Continue reading
True Detective: Season 02
The difficult second album, the sophomore slump, has knocked Nic Pizzolatto down a few pegs from his previous wunderkind status. In short, Season 02 of True Detective is a deeply flawed series of episodes which meandered, had repeated pointless forays … Continue reading
Trump Dreams of Sushi
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011) is an acclaimed documentary that a couple of friends of mine have raved about, but which I have yet to see. From FNC: After the premiere of the 2011 documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi,” featuring … Continue reading
Coen Brothers & Ross MacDonald
I love the Coen Brothers and I love film noir. I especially love when the Coen Brothers do film noir, which is often. So this is thrilling news: Warner Bros has optioned the bestselling 1966 Ross MacDonald crime novel Black … Continue reading
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RIP: ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper
Former wrestling superstar and fledgling B-movie star Rowdy Roddy Piper has passed from an apparent heart attack at the age of 61. Piper was the lead in John Carpenter’s decent sci-fi film They Live (1988), which featured the quasi-immortal line: … Continue reading
100 Greatest American Films Of All Time – BBC Culture (2015)
From the BBC: In recognition of the astounding influence of the US on what remains the most popular art-form worldwide, BBC Culture has polled 62 international film critics to determine the 100 greatest American films of all time… Some of … Continue reading
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RIP: Moe Greene
Alex Rocco (best known as Moe Greene) has died at the age of 79. “The Corleone Family wants to buy me out?! No, I buy you out, you don’t buy me out.”