Category Archives: Movies

“I Survived BTK”

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Low-budget documentary about Charlie Otero, a Wichita native whose parents and a couple of whose siblings were murdered in 1974 by “BTK,” a Wichita-based murderer who went on to become Kansas’ most notorious serial killer. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Has the time finally come to end affirmative action? Meet Stoya, favorite porn star of today’s hipsters. Safe for work — the link goes to a Village Voice article. Although a majority of Americans want immigration rates … Continue reading →

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Notes On Two Early Films by Masaki Kobayashi

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “A Sincere Heart,” from 1953, demonstrates that Masaki Kobayashi’s gift for staging was evident very early on. In particular, his ability to invest spaces with emotional meanings, and to link them to other spaces via subtle visual … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Given the play it receives in the media and on Facebook, it might surprise you to know that, according to Gallup, around 4% of Americans think gun control is the most important issue facing the country. Related. … Continue reading →

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“In the Bedroom”

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I hated this very literary 2001 vigilante picture, directed by Todd Field from a story by Andre Dubus. It’s immaculate and meticulous; full of grief, bleakness and quiet; and bristling with mythic overtones and unexpressed (but broadly … Continue reading →

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Malick Studies

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I see Terrence Malick’s latest emanation is upon us. Call me crazy, but I tend to be less than enthusiastic about Malick’s movies; they often strike me as weird combos of dum-dum ideas and imperious stylization of the kind you might find … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio dël Wrongo writes: David Chute posts a 2000 piece dealing with film preservation and digitization. What would Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau think? (H/T Michael Castañeda) Was Blue Öyster Cult the first non-German band to use an umlaut in its name? Wikipedia suggests … Continue reading →

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“Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai”

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Hara-Kiri,” the latest from Takashi Miike, has met with tepid reviews, perhaps because it’s 1) a remake of a classic, and 2) defiantly short on action. But I thought it was largely riveting — aside from … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Secrets of Princeton. As a PU grad, I’ll vouch for the accuracy of this one. Lloyd Fonvielle is inspired by a book about the West by Frederick Law Olmstead, a great American artist best-known as the co-designer … Continue reading →

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“El Bulli”

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A German hagiography-documentary about the last season of creating-and-serving at El Bulli, the famous restaurant on the Costa Brava (outside of Barcelona) that was sometimes said to have been the world’s greatest. The movie is an impressively … Continue reading →

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