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About Fabrizio del Wrongo

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

Mom Jeans Haiku

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Over heart-shaped rear Denim stretched like blue-hued bliss No low-rise bullshit

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“The Middle of the World”

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Alain Tanner’s “The Middle of the World,” released in 1974, is a movie about cultures clashing in the most subtle of ways. Maybe it’s more appropriate to say it’s about cultures slipping past each other in the … Continue reading →

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Surf Music

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Related A good source. Another.

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Knockout Game Roundup

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Last week The New York Times ran a story on “knockout game.” As Chuck Ross at Gucci Little Piggy pointed out, the piece cleverly shifted focus away from the effects of the punching attacks onto a debate about … Continue reading →

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Notes on “My Chauffeur”

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This Crown International production from 1986 is perkily hit-and-miss. It seems like an attempt to do a modern-day screwball comedy with some Dickensian elements (there are some real shockeroos, plot-wise), but the tone is mostly off — it’s … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The high-flying paeans these women write to their bodies are a hoot. (H/T Advocatus Diaboli) Porno kitsch. (H/T Glynn Marshes) I love a good funny gif. Lloyd Fonvielle has some nice things to say about a … Continue reading →

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“Pacific Rim”

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Pacific Rim” comes across as a dream project for director Guillermo del Toro, his chance to blow his geek-visionary load while fireworks explode on the soundtrack. The concept is suitably awesome: giant robots battle giant monsters in an apocalyptic … Continue reading →

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Iliza Shlesinger

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I watched stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger’s film “War Paint” on Netflix streaming the other night. I admit it: I hit “play” on the Roku controller in part because the image used to advertise the movie shows Iliza in the buff. She’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Posters of the French New Wave

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As you might expect, the advent of the French New Wave in the late ’50s helped to usher in a revolution in French movie poster design, a tradition with roots going back to Jules Cheret. Offset … Continue reading →

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“In the White City”

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This oddball meditation on transience is like one of Eric Rohmer’s “season” movies filtered through “Sans Soleil.” The title refers to Lisbon, the Portuguese capital. An alluring hodgepodge of a port city, Lisbon admits to a long history of occupiers — … Continue reading →

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