Author Archives: Fabrizio del Wrongo

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About Fabrizio del Wrongo

Recovering liberal arts major. Unrepentant movie nut. Aspiring boozehound.

I Walked in a World of Their Invention

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I scarce know how to put my story into words that shall be a credible picture of my state of mind; but I was in these days literally able to find a joy in the extraordinary … Continue reading →

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“Get Out”

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Though Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” is set among the suburban white elite of Everywhere USA, its concerns are firmly rooted in the plantation. It ascribes to white liberals the motivations of slave-holders, and then asks them … 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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“The Mountain Cat”

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Released in 1921, Ernst Lubitsch’s “The Mountain Cat” (sometimes called “The Wildcat”) has little of the urbaneness of the director’s later work. It’s one of his Bavarian films, made (at least in part) on sojourns from … Continue reading →

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Juxtaposin’: King Press

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The Parliament of this period has become historically famous as the unreported Parliament. Such reports of the debates as reached the public ears were almost unintelligible. Two magazines there were, namely, the London and the Gentleman’s, … Continue reading →

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For the Bright Side of the Painting I Had a Limited Sympathy

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty even from the most simple data. It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would … Continue reading →

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Little Pieces of Blue Jelly

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Dickie stopped in the road, looking at him. They were arguing so loudly, a few people around them were looking, watching. ‘It could have been fun,’ Tom said, ‘but not the way you chose to take … Continue reading →

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“The Fits”

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: For much of its running time “The Fits,” the first feature film from writer-director Anna Rose Holmer, is a sensitive and nicely underplayed piece of naturalistic humanism. Holmer’s camera follows 11-year-old Toni (the bracingly earnest Royalty … Continue reading →

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The Dream Without a Meaning

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Time began to tick again, in fits and starts. Pain glowed in my mind like lightning in a cloud, expanding and contracting with my heartbeat. I lay on my back on a hard surface. Somewhere above … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Sweet Dreams”

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Marco Bellocchio may be the dean of contemporary filmmakers, but few talk about him. When he makes a good movie, people shrug and say something about “Fists in the Pocket.” They don’t seem to realize that … Continue reading →

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