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Category Archives: Movies
“The Fisher King”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There’s a lot going on in “The Fisher King.” Perhaps too much. The mythic elements in Richard LaGravenese’s screenplay threaten to tip the movie out of balance, to spoil subtext by shoving it in your face. … Continue reading
Like a Holy Candle
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There are four sorts of scenes alternated: (1) the particular history of Judith; (2) the gentle courtship of Nathan and Naomi, types of the inhabitants of Bethulia; (3) pictures of the streets, with the population flowing … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies
Tagged Blanche Sweet, D. W. Griffith, Film, Judith of Bethulia, movies, Silent Film, Vachel Lindsay
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Juxtaposin’: Fredric Wertham Lives!
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Comics nerd and intersectional feminist Laura Hudson thinks that “Rape Scenes Aren’t Just Awful. They’re Lazy Writing”: A small but terrifying study conducted on college-age males earlier this year found that around one in three men said they … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Movies, Television
Tagged bullshit dumps, Frederic Wertham, influence of the media, Laura Hudson, moral panics, rape, Seduction of the Innocent
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“The Black Swan”
Paleo Retiree writes: I was amazed how uninspiring I found this 2010 ballet-world-set psychological horror film. Natalie Portman plays a super-perfectionist, frigid (but yearning for release) ballerina who’s given the lead in a new version of “Swan Lake.” The movie … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged darren aronofsky, horror movies, mila kunis, movies, Natalie Portman, vincent cassel
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Trolling Movie Critics
Sax von Stroheim writes: I thought Mad Max: Fury Road was a well-made action movie, but that it was wildly overpraised by critics and movie geeks. A wise friend said: “Give nerds an opportunity to think their tastes are sophisticated … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Action Movies, Feminism, George Miller, Joe Dante, Mad Max, Michael Bay
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Notes on “Olive Kitteredge”, and Yankee New England
Fenster writes: Olive Kitteredge is a one-off HBO mini-series, four installments and over and done. No fuss no bothuh, about which moah below. It is adapted from the book of the same name by Elizabeth Strout which I have not … Continue reading
Three of Us Watch “Pather Panchali” (1955)
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Satyajit Ray is one of the great filmmakers of world cinema that I have somehow managed to avoid. Not intentionally, mind you, as copies of his movies haven’t been that accessible for the past few decades. My local … Continue reading
Notes on “The Man from Laramie”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As he does in all the Westerns he made with director Anthony Mann, James Stewart stalks through “The Man from Laramie” with wraith-like resoluteness. His Will Lockhart wears a brown, waist-length corduroy jacket, a battered hat, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Anthony Mann, Film, James Stewart, movies, The Man from Laramie, westerns
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Bad Trips
Sax von Stroheim writes: I watched the 1970 Paul Newman movie WUSA the other day. It was directed by Stuart Rosenberg, who had previously worked with Newman on Cool Hand Luke, and written by Robert Stone, who was adapting his … Continue reading
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