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Did they really do a full Academy Awards show for 2020?
I spent January dicking around, procrastinating on the usual year-end routines for a film writer. Going through those particular motions after 2020, acting like we’d gotten a full slate of movies, felt dishonest. It felt boring. I didn’t do a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, 93rd Academy Awards, Aaron Sorkin, Academy Awards, Another Round, Anthony Hopkins, Birds of Prey, Chadwick Boseman, Chloe Zhao, coronavirus, COVID-19 crisis, Daniel Kaluuya, David Fincher, Francis Mcdormand, Fred Hampton, Gary Oldman, Judas and the Black Messiah, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mank, Minari, Mulan, Netflix, Nomadland, Oscars, Oscars 2021, Pieces of a Woman, Shia LaBeouf, Tenet, The Father, Trial of the Chicago 7, Vanessa Kirby
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A quarantine with The Master
Several years ago now, I started systemically moving through the work of high-profile directors. This is part of the path from loud movie nerd to legitimate film scholar – film scholars actually study film, they don’t just write about it. … Continue reading
Posted in A less chaotic state, White Noise
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, David O. Selznick, Dial M for Murder, Disney, Dr. No, Foreign COrrespondent, Francois Truffaut, Frenzy, Gone with the Wind, Halloween, I Confess, Independence Day, Jamaica Inn, Lifeboat, Marnie, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, North by Northwest, Psycho, Rear Windo, Rebecca, Rope, Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Silence of the Lambs, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Strangers on a Train, Studio system, The 39 Steps, The Birds, The Dark Knight, The Lady Vanishes, The Paradine Case, The Trouble with Harry, Tippi Hedren, To Catch a Thief, Torn Curtain, Under Capricorn, Vertigo
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‘Raya’ another perfectly enjoyable product of an exhausting, cynical machine
7/10 Outside the theater for Raya and the Last Dragon, a survey company stooge hands out questionnaires in cheap plastic bags meant to reassure moms who don’t really understand how COVID-19 spreads. When asked, he tells me all the big … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy, White Noise
Tagged Awkwafina, Disney, Disney+, Kelly Marie Tran, My Little Pony, Raya and the Last Dragon
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On ‘Tenet,’ ‘Fury Road’ and the end of blockbusters
Tenet came out on DVD Dec. 15, 2020, three months and change after its long-delayed theatrical release over Labor Day weekend. It’s still playing in 70 theaters as this is being written, I’m actually of a mind to go see … Continue reading
‘Soul’ also made me very uncomfortable
7/10 Soul is a charming and often hilarious movie about the desperate drive to live, both in the physical and spiritual senses. It’s a great watch, none of its flaws are damning, and I would recommend it for just about … Continue reading
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