Category Archives: Movies

Geeks GUTting Movies

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: It’s become a cliche to note that large swathes of popular culture have been taken over by nerds and geeks. Zombies, vampires, hobbits, monsters, aliens, and superheroes abound. Among this summer’s most hotly anticipated long-form digital entertainments … Continue reading →

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Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Anaïs Reboux and Roxane Mesquida in Catherine Breillat’s FAT GIRL. And if you haven’t already, you really should read PR’s essay on Breillat’s ROMANCE. As you can probably tell, the actors are looking in a mirror in this … Continue reading →

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“Nymphomaniac”

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Right up front, let me admit that I’m not going to be reviewing “Nymphomaniac.” If a review’s what you want, read a damn reviewer. They get paid to do that shit. Instead, I’m going to invoke my … Continue reading →

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Movie Poster Du Jour: “The Passion of Joan of Arc”

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This poster for Dreyer’s “Joan” must be one of the earliest products of Boris Konstantinovitch Bilinsky’s cinema advertising company, Alboris, founded just a few months prior to the film’s Parisian opening in October 1928. A Russian expat … Continue reading →

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When Legends Gather

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Thanks to Tom Sutpen for the post title. Go check out his blog.

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“The Great Beauty”

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A fanciful jaunt through modern-day Rome seen through the eyes of a nearing-the-end-of-the-road libertine, “The Great Beauty” consciously evokes Fellini, though it’s free of Fellini’s attenuation and his lordly high-handedness. Writer-director Paolo Sorrentino has the advertising-soaked sensibility … Continue reading →

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Movie Poster Du Jour: “Repulsion”

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Soft Spots

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I have a soft spot for secret passageways, bookshelves that open into silence, staircases that go down into a void, and hidden safes. I even have one myself, but I won’t tell you where. At the … Continue reading →

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Movie Du Jour: “The Naked Kiss” (1964)

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Cheap, lurid, corny, sensational, sentimental, blunt, and perverse, Sam Fuller’s THE NAKED KISS opens with a bald hooker beating her pimp. After winding up in Squaresville, USA she decides to go straight, lands a job as a well-respected … Continue reading →

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