Monthly Archives: June 2017

Real-People Video: SoulfulT

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: It’s been a couple of months since the last time I watched a feature film, fiction division — easily the longest time I’ve gone without watching a feature film since the late 1960s. Given that I was … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Stop building residential towers! Martin Von Creveld takes a look back at the prescient Enoch Powell. “Berlin is lost.” Some Dems are finally trying to find their way out of the corner they’ve painted themselves into. Will … Continue reading →

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Architecture and Color

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes:

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21st Century Movies: The NYT v. Us

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott, the two main film critics at The New York Times, have released their list of the best movies of the 21st century so far: 1. There Will Be Blood 2. Spirited Away 3. … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Opening Title: The Americans, Season 4

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: An interview with an animator who created it. He also worked on the opening titles for TRUE DETECTIVE.

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Juxtaposin’: Italian Midlife Crisis Death

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The ending of David Chase’s THE SOPRANOS seems too similar to the ending of Elio Petri’s I GIORNI CONTATI to be a coincidence. Petri’s film was never released in the United States, but given that it’s an Italian film … Continue reading →

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Movie Du Jour: “Cluny Brown” (1946)

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Lubitsch’s last completed movie which, for some reason, isn’t discussed or cited as frequently as his other classics. Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones are excellent. Pauline Kael wrote: A girl with a passion for plumbing is terribly repugnant … Continue reading →

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Architecture and Color

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Paleo Retiree

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Quote Du Jour: This Is Your Captain Speaking

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Anyone who travels very much on airlines in the United States soon gets to know the voice of the airline pilot…coming over the intercom…with a particular drawl, a particular folksiness, a particular down-home calmness that is so exaggerated it … Continue reading →

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A Selfish Mode of Gratification

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: When at length the new house at Fontenay was ready and fitted up in accordance with his wishes and intentions by the architect he had engaged; when nothing else was left save to settle the scheme … Continue reading →

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