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Tag Archives: movie criticism
Thoughts on Some Recent Woody Allen Movies
Sax von Stroheim writes: Every four or five years, Woody Allen makes a movie that everyone — critics and audiences alike — seems to love. Often, people will talk about these movies using some variation of the phrase “Woody’s return to … Continue reading
Guest Post: The Woman in the Window
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Sometimes things don’t happen the way we anticipate and we find a piece of art that helps us make sense of things. In this special guest post, an academic finds himself in an online relationship that takes a … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Sex
Tagged Fritz Lang, Joan Bennett, long distance relationships, movie criticism, online romances
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Geeks GUTting Movies
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
Posted in Movies, Television
Tagged grand unified theories, mind blowing, movie criticism, movie geeks
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Blowhard, Esq. writes: Brian Eno picks 20 essential books for sustaining civilization, including James Scott’s Seeing Like a State and Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language. Was Nietzsche right about religion? John Gray reviews books by Peter Watson and Terry Eagleton. (H/T … Continue reading
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Tagged BDSM, Brian Eno, climate change deniers, Friedrich Nietzsche, John Gray, movie criticism, music criticism, Paleo, police surveillance
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