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Category Archives: Performers
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
Posted in Movies, Performers, Sex
Tagged Alban Teurlai, catherine breillat, documentaries, Film, movies, Porn, Rocco, Rocco Siffredi, Thierry Demaizière
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A Few Thoughts and Questions about the Weinstein Affair
Paleo Retiree writes: Woody Allen says that he’s “sad” for Harvey Weinstein. I want to bring up a handful of things that seem to me to deserve to be mentioned in the midst of the Weinstein madness. Not that Harvey … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers, Personal reflections, Sex
Tagged Harvey Weinstein, movies, Ronan Farrow, sex, sexual abuse, Woody Allen
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Notes on “Sweet Dreams”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Marco Bellocchio may be the dean of contemporary filmmakers, but few talk about him. When he makes a good movie, people shrug and say something about “Fists in the Pocket.” They don’t seem to realize that … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Emmanuelle Devos, films, Italy, Marco Bellocchio, movies, Sweet Dreams, Valerio Mastandrea
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