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Category Archives: Movies
“Love”
Paleo Retiree writes: As a huge fan of the filmmaker Gaspar Noé as well as a partisan of the erotic chamber drama genre, I’m sorry to report that I found Noé’s most recent film — the Paris-set erotic chamber drama “Love,” … Continue reading
Notes on “Viva Las Vegas”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Viva Las Vegas” pulls off a nifty trick: it uses the corporatization of Elvis to augment and comment on his appeal. Elvis plays Lucky Jackson, a racecar driver whose fortunes belie his name. Ann-Margret is the … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Ann-Margret, Elvis Presley, Film, George Sidney, Las Vegas, movies, Musicals, Romantic Comedy, Viva Las Vegas, William Demarest
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Notes on “Sabotage”, and Triggers
Fenster writes: I have paid essentially zero attention to Arnold Schwarzenegger the actor after his political career ended. I knew faintly of a film, or maybe several, that included Arnold with a gaggle of his aging action figure buddies. I … Continue reading
“Nightdreams”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the opening scene of the 1981 “Nightdreams,” porn princess Dorothy LeMay furiously works her pussy as she barks lines at the camera. The sound of a heartbeat thumps below her monologue. “I know you’re watching … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Sex
Tagged Brian De Palma, Dorothy LeMay, Film, Francis Delia, Jerry Stahl, movies, Nightdreams, Porn, Stephen Sayadian
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Notes on “Famous Nathan”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Famous Nathan” taps into the tradition of the intellectualized, “personal” documentary. Ostensibly, it’s about the Nathan’s franchise of frankfurter establishments, but it’s really a sort of essay on the topics of family, New York Jewry, Coney … Continue reading
Posted in Food and health, Movies
Tagged Famous Nathan, Film, hotdogs, Lloyd Handwerker, movies, Nathan Handwerker
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Now with Extra Han Solo: Critiquing the Star Wars Posters
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: If you haven’t been living in a cave (i.e. away from social media), and you’re at all interested in this type of thing, you’ve seen the trailer and poster for the new Star Wars movie, entitled … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Movies
Tagged drew struzan, Film, Movie Posters, movies, noriyoshi ohrai, Star Wars, the force awakens, tom jung
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Super-Hero Fatigue is Real: My Thoughts on “Avengers: Age of Ultron”
Sax von Stroheim writes: Back in 2008, A.O. Scott wrote a think piece about how, in the wake of movies like The Dark Knight, which, according to him, took the genre as far as it could go, audiences were going … Continue reading
The Camera Loves…
Eddie Pensier writes: …Glynis Johns, Miranda, 1948
Notes on “First Blood”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The 1982 “First Blood” has much in common with the Kirk Douglas vehicle “Lonely Are the Brave,” made 20 years earlier. The heroes of both movies are veterans and pariahs, and they duke it out with … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Action Movies, Film, First Blood, movies, Rambo, Sylvester Stallone, Ted Kotcheff
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