Author Archives: Fabrizio del Wrongo

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About Fabrizio del Wrongo

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

Listing Movies: Streaming but Not on Disc

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In case you haven’t heard, the Criterion Collection will begin streaming content via Filmstruck sometime in the next few months. Presumably, once that happens the company will cease to have a presence on Hulu. With that … Continue reading →

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Notes on “The Junk Shop”

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “The Junk Shop,” directed by Czech filmmaker Juraj Herz, and adapted from a story by Bohumil Hrabal, is a funny and inexplicable short film in the best tradition of Slavic surrealism. Based on the evidence of … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Capricorn One”

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There is one great moment in the 1978 “Capricorn One”: a slow track away from a group of astronauts who are acting out a Mars landing for the benefit of a credulous public. As the head … Continue reading →

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Juxtaposin’: Rides

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

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“The Roosevelt Myth”

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I had a good time reading John T. Flynn’s “The Roosevelt Myth.” Even many of Roosevelt’s fans will admit that his administration was, well, a little bonkers. But Flynn presents it as nothing short of revolutionary … Continue reading →

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Damn Your Mitts

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Dinah said she would prefer anything to being shot at again. I said it was all right with me, though I would rather have tried to find some path back to the city. We followed the … Continue reading →

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Eight Movie Posters for “Band of Outsiders”

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Band of Outsiders” is, I think, the tenderest of the great Godard films. It’s also, with the exception of “Breathless,” the one that looms largest in the public consciousness: The scenes showing Karina, Frey, and Brasseur … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Cry Danger”

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Cry Danger,” the first film directed by Robert Parrish, may come closer to the wry, frugal tone of Dashiell Hammett than even Huston’s adaptation of “The Maltese Falcon,” which leans rather heavily — and quite successfully … Continue reading →

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An Interesting Lesson in Female Psychology

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Kerim forked up a strip of fish and tore at it with his teeth. He drank down a half a tumbler of raki. He lit a cigarette and sat back in his chair. ‘Well,’ he said … Continue reading →

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No Man Needs Nothing

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” is unusual in that it attempts to build a character-based epic around an enigma. I am not among those who find this strategy unproblematic. In fact, I think the movie loses … Continue reading →

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