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Thursday, May 18, 2017
Stromboli, Europa '51, Viaggio in Italia
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Stromboli (Rossellini, 1950) Rating: 10/10 stars. Like an Italian Flannery O'Connor story. (Both influenced by Simone Weil: "...
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Monday, February 27, 2017
If I Gave the Oscars: 2016 Edition
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As usual, these are how I would give out awards to the movies of 2016, if that was a power that I had. Best Picture nominees are top 10 f...
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Sunday, February 26, 2017
Best of 2016
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1. Silence (Martin Scorsese) 2. Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick) 3. Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan) ...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Best Criticism I Read in 2016
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I read a great deal of criticism this past year, some of it bad, much of it very good. I read books, magazines, online articles, and bog po...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
38 Sentences
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(With apologies to this post by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky) Like Clara Bow for It and Maria Falconetti for Passion of Joan of Arc , Alicia Sil...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016
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Bad filmmakers (sadly for them) have no ideas. Good filmmakers (it's what limits them) tend to have too many. Great filmmakers (especi...
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