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Notes on “Aquaman”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There’s something gleeful, almost lightfooted, in the tacky gigantism of “Aquaman.” Director James Wan rejects the would-be seriousness and most of the cynicism that characterize Marvel’s superhero films in favor of kitsch and can-do cheeriness. Like … Continue reading
Note to K—-, on Frank Zappa
Fenster writes: K—- The excellent music blog run by Jeff Meshel has a nice appreciation of Frank Zappa up, focusing on the song—if you can call it that—“Help I’m a Rock”, from the Mothers of Invention’s first album Freak Out!
Notes on “Roma”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In “Roma,” writer-director Alfonso Cuarón rationalizes chic aesthetic loop-the-loops by pretending to social consciousness. The movie concerns an indigenous maid who serves a white Mexican family. Though critics have compared it to Italian Neorealism, its canned … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers, Politics and Economics
Tagged Alfonso Cuaron, Film, Mexico, movies, Roma, Yalitza Aparicio
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Notes on “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Based on the comic by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” more than makes good on the extravagant promise of its title. The principal setting is Alpha, an improbable … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Cara Delevingne, Dane DeHaan, Film, Luc Besson, movies, Rihanna, Science Fiction, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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The Unpersoning of Louis C.K.
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Over at New York Magazine’s Vulture, progressive media critic and RogerEbert.com editor Matt Zoller Seitz proclaims that “Louis C.K. is Done”: Bill Cosby, Kevin Spacey, and Harvey Weinstein’s entire body of work has been retroactively contaminated by … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers, Politics and Economics, Sex
Tagged bluestocking progressives, Christianity, Louis C.K., Matt Zoller Seitz
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Notes on “Rocco”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In “Rocco,” sex performer Rocco Siffredi presents himself as a porno Man of Sorrows. The camera ruefully venerates him, as do the young women he “breaks” on camera. The picture opens with a languorous close-up of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alban Teurlai, catherine breillat, documentaries, Film, movies, Porn, Rocco, Rocco Siffredi, Thierry Demaizière
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