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Category Archives: Film
The Existential Genius of Late Woody Allen
Beginning with 1989’s outstanding film Crimes and Misdemeanors, Woody Allen has entered what we might call the third phase (or third act) of his incredibly prolific career. In the last 8 to 10 years, Allen’s films have been striving for … Continue reading
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The Ballad of Atticus Finch
Atticus Finch, particularly as played by Gregory Peck, was and is a paragon of virtue, a liberal’s wet dream of a southern gentleman who is… just like them. The publication of Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman has, um, problematized … Continue reading
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Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
So, I’m watching Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) on TCM the other night, the classic film directed by Michael Curtiz. Cagney’s performance as legendary Broadway composer and performer George M. Cohan is top-notch. I’m not a tap-dancing fan, but Cagney’s tap-dancing … Continue reading
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Charade (1963)
Filmed in Paris, Charade (1963) is a light, semi-comedic, spy thriller directed by Stanley Donen, and which stars Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in the leads, with a strong supporting cast including Walter Matthau, James Coburn, and George Kennedy, the … Continue reading
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The End of the Tour
I’m not sure how I feel about this one. The End of the Tour is an upcoming film based on David Lipsky’s Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace. I’m a big … Continue reading
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The White Gorilla (1945)
Regarding an apparently awful B-movie from the past, the premise sounds… poignant: A white gorilla is snubbed by black gorillas because he is the wrong color. Cut off from his tribe he becomes lonely and angry. After troubling hunters and … Continue reading
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Ex Machina (2015)
Ex Machina (2015), which currently has a 92% on RT, is written and directed by Alex Garland, who is something of a Renaissance Man when it comes to the arts. In 1996, he published his first novel The Beach which … Continue reading
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Bronson (2008)
After watching the underrated neo-noir film Drive (2011), which is an outstanding movie, and the equally underrated film Valhalla Rising (2009), the latter a dark and moody, surrealistic Viking-era film shot in the remote highlands of Scotland and which stars … Continue reading
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Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss, one of Time’s two major film critics (the other being the incomparable Richard Schickel), has died at the age of 71. For TIME, he was an indestructible, inexhaustible resource. He wrote some 2,500 reviews and other articles for … Continue reading
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Youth (2015)
Youth is an upcoming film by Paolo Sorrentino, and which stars (an aging) Michael Caine, Rachel Weisz, Harvey Keitel, Jane Fonda (ugh), and the wonderful actor Paul Dano. Caine portrays a retired orchestra conductor vacationing in the Alps, who is … Continue reading
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