Tag Archives: Film

R.I.P. Jacques Rivette

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I think we live in a world that happens to be incomprehensible. And you have to try to see that the questions this incomprehensible world poses are [unanswerable]. We know in advance that there are no … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Beasts of No Nation”

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga’s “Beasts of No Nation” is the most viscerally affecting war movie in recent memory. Based on a novel by Uzodinma Iweala, which I haven’t read, it focuses on guerrilla warfare in an … Continue reading →

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Notes on “White God”

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Artists have used animals to comment on the human condition since Homer. There’s often something to be gained in recognizing that animals experience the world through alien eyes — that their existence isn’t necessarily contingent on … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem”

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” intends to condemn the divorce laws of Israeli, yet it’s more interesting for the debate it poses between personal liberty and traditional authoritarianism. What is the last movie to put … Continue reading →

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Burning Burns

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Listening to Meryl Streep impersonate the persnickety, dying-quail voice of Eleanor Roosevelt in Ken Burns’ “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History,” you get the sense that this is the role she’s been waiting to play since she … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Viva Las Vegas”

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Viva Las Vegas” pulls off a nifty trick: it uses the corporatization of Elvis to augment and comment on his appeal. Elvis plays Lucky Jackson, a racecar driver whose fortunes belie his name. Ann-Margret is the … Continue reading →

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“Nightdreams”

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the opening scene of the 1981 “Nightdreams,” porn princess Dorothy LeMay furiously works her pussy as she barks lines at the camera. The sound of a heartbeat thumps below her monologue. “I know you’re watching … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Famous Nathan”

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Famous Nathan” taps into the tradition of the intellectualized, “personal” documentary. Ostensibly, it’s about the Nathan’s franchise of frankfurter establishments, but it’s really a sort of essay on the topics of family, New York Jewry, Coney … Continue reading →

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Now with Extra Han Solo: Critiquing the Star Wars Posters

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: If you haven’t been living in a cave (i.e. away from social media), and you’re at all interested in this type of thing, you’ve seen the trailer and poster for the new Star Wars movie, entitled … Continue reading →

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Super-Hero Fatigue is Real: My Thoughts on “Avengers: Age of Ultron”

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: Back in 2008, A.O. Scott wrote a think piece about how, in the wake of movies like The Dark Knight, which, according to him, took the genre as far as it could go, audiences were going … Continue reading →

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