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Category Archives: Film
Danny Glover Hostage Thriller ‘Supremacy’
This should be good, especially considering the involvement of Danny Glover, one of the angriest black men in the world: Joe Anderson (Across the Universe) and Danny Glover star in Supremacy, a racially charged psychological thriller that Well Go USA … Continue reading
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RIP: Eli Wallach
The great Eli Wallach has passed at the impressive age of 98. The son of Polish Jews, Mr. Wallach was in constant demand to play nearly every kind of ethnic character on stage and screen in a career that spanned … Continue reading
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Gary Oldman: Conservative
Playboy has a fascinating interview with the uber-talented Gary Oldman, an actor I’ve long admired (Hat tip: Reason.) He comes off as quite self-depracating and humble, and with a touch of burdensome anxiety that has him criticizing himself as much … Continue reading
The 50 Year Argument
The 50 Year Argument is a new documentary by Martin Scorsese about the NY Review of Books. However NYRB may have started, it’s Masthead now looks like this. This THR review notes: Half a century of high-quality journalism is worth … Continue reading
RIP: Gordon Willis
One of the most influential cinematographers of the past 50 years has passed: Iconic cinematographer Gordon Willis has died at age 82. Most famous for his distinctive cinematography work on Francis Ford Coppola‘s Godfather series, Willis’s also worked with Woody … Continue reading
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RIP: H.R. Giger
H.R. Giger, the Swiss artist who shot to fame when his aesthetic style (i.e., ‘biomechanoids’) was tapped by Ridley Scott for Alien (1979), has died at age 74. The terrifying creature and sets he created for Ridley Scott’s film earned … Continue reading
Charlie Chaplin, Monster
“Charlie Chaplin, Monster” is Roger Lewis’ nicely written review of Peter Ackroyd’s new biography of Chaplin. It seems that Chaplin, despite the endearing qualities he carefully crafted into his Little Tramp, Chaplin himself was a megalomaniac: Chaplin’s hubris had no … Continue reading
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True Detective
The new HBO series True Detective, which stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, is outstanding. I began watching the series after reading this excellent analysis of the series, where the author points out the Lovecraftian and other American Gothic influences … Continue reading
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Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave
Who knew! All those liberal Jews that dominate Hollywood are… racists! From the Daily Mail (hat tip: AmRen). The generous helping of hyperbole in the article is hilarious: The 2014 Hollywood Diversity Report released this week examines the gender and … Continue reading
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Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967 – 2014)
The needle And the damage done. This time To one of my generation’s Greatest actors.
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