Author Archives: Fabrizio del Wrongo

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About Fabrizio del Wrongo

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

Spring Jiggles In

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Spring is here. The girls have emerged from their winter cocoons of cloth and fur and the jiggle is once more abroad in the land. All winter long the jiggle, that gayest decoration of the public … Continue reading →

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“Female”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the 1933 “Female,” Ruth Chatteron plays a successful industrialist who goes through men with the efficiency of a Catherine the Great. When she fancies a secretary (they’re all male), she invites them to her manse for dinner, … Continue reading →

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And This Was Stillwood Heights

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: We curved through the bright mile or two of the Strip, past the antique shops with famous screen names on them, past the windows full of point lace and ancient pewter, past the gleaming new nightclubs … Continue reading →

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Movie Poster Du Jour: “Tenebre”

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: From Spain. Art by the great Francisco Fernandez Zarza-Pérez, aka Jano. Related There appears to be a documentary about Jano. I’d love to see it.

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Juxtaposin’: Titles

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Movie Poster Du Jour: “Beauty and the Beast”

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Issued for the ’50s re-release of Cocteau’s great fantasy film. With suitably enchanting art by Jean-Denis Malcles. The movie can be streamed on Hulu.

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Political Post Du Jour

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

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Every Man for Himself

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The world the movie shows us is a world waiting to be transformed. It’s a peculiarly American landscape: what it shows us isn’t exactly what it means — or values. Like the heart-stirring, oddly affecting plainness … Continue reading →

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“Carlos the Jackal”

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In “Carlos the Jackal” Olivier Assayas trains his restless intelligence on the subject of international leftism. In its complete form the work is over five hours long, and though it’s split into three feature-length episodes, it retains a … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Some people you’re allowed to compare to Nazis, some you’re not. Judgy Bitch on Woody Allen. Jake Thomas on the year in movies. Academics need a special program to suss out “gobbledegook” papers. Is studying anthropology a … Continue reading →

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