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Category Archives: Newer films
Wonder Woman 1984
Seeing Wonder Woman 1984 was both exhilarating and disappointing. It was our first movie “date” in nearly a year, and it was great to be back in a good theater with a large screen (I’d seen Tenet on my own … Continue reading
Mank and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank Two films that are sure to be receiving multiple Oscar nominations have recently been released. They were originally supposed to be seen in theaters (remember theaters?), but have landed on Netflix instead. They couldn’t be more different, except for … Continue reading
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Tagged A Letter to Three Wives, All About Eve, Amanda Seyfried, Ben Mankiewicz, Chadwick Boseman, Citizen Kane, David Fincher, Frank Merriam, Gary Oldman, George C. Wolfe, George Jazz Band, Heath Ledger, Herman Mankiewicz, Jack Fincher, Joseph Mankiewicz, Josh Mankiewicz, L.B. Mayer, Lackawanna Blues, Les Miserables, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mamma Mia!, Mank, Marion Davies, Netflix, Orson Welles, Pauline Kael, Philip Seymour Hoffman, River Phoenix, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Viola Davis, William Randolph Hearst
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Da 5 Bloods
Spike Lee’s new film (streaming on Netflix) is simultaneously the most important film of the year so far, yet not necessarily the best one. It’s important because Lee is one of our most important filmmakers, and it’s important because … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypse Now, Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods, Delroy Lindo, Do the Right Thing, General Norman Schwarzkopf, Heart of Darkness, Jonathan Majors, Joseph Conrad, President Trump, Spike Lee, Stormin' Norman, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Vietnam
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The Three to See: The Birth of a Nation, Gone with the Wind, and 12 Years a Slave
The Three to See: Birth of a Nation, Gone with the Wind, and 12 Years Slave As I wade into where angels fear to tread, I want to make it clear that I am stepping outside the current social discussion … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Years a Slave, Benedict Cumberbatch, Broken Blossoms, Butterfly McQueen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Civil War, D.W. Griffith, Dark Victory, Dodge City, Gigi, Gone with the Wind, Green Book, Gunga Din, Hattie McDaniel, HBO Max, Hollywood, Intolerance, Jacqueline Stewart, Ku Klux Klan, Lillian Gish, Love Affair, Lupita Nyong'o, Max Steiner, Michael Fassbender, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, NAACP, Netflix, Ninotcha, Of Mice and Men, Olivia De Havilland, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, Oscars, Prissy, Reconstructionists, Sarah Paulson, Solomon Northup, Stagecoach, TCM, The Birth of a Nation, The Cheat, The Clansman, The Wizard of Oz, The Women, Viven Leigh, William Cameron Menzies, Woodrow Wilson, Wuthering Heights, YouTube
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Emma.
Not sure who thought the world needed another version of Jane Austen’s Emma. Perhaps there is always room for a great adaptation of a classic work. But in the case of the newly released Emma. (yes, the period is part … Continue reading
Jojo Rabbit
At the end of 1942’s Now, Voyager, Bette Davis turns to Paul Henreid, and utters the now classic line, “Oh, Jerry, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars.” I was reminded of that line when I caught … Continue reading
1917
What recent film reminded me of Psycho, Gravity, Million Dollar Baby, Birdman, Rope, The Revenant, True Grit, All Quiet on the Western Front, Paths of Glory, The Searchers, Deuteronomy 20:19-21, and Psalm 1:3 (the last two being Bible references)? Why, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1917, All Quiet on the Western Front, Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Birdman, Colin Firth, Deuteronomy, George MacKay, Gravity, Mark Strong, Marriage Story, Million Dollar Baby, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, Parasite, Paths of Glory, Psalms, Psycho, Richard Madden, Roger Deakins, Rope, Sam Mendes, The Irishman, The Revenant, The Searchers, True Grit
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Quick Cuts: Winter Holiday Films
To get personal for a minute, the reason I haven’t been writing here is because my life has been turned gloriously upside down, plus it’s been the holidays, plus we’ve had lots of company, plus I’ve been prepping for teaching … Continue reading
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Tagged 1917, Adam Driver, Adam Sandlers, All Quiet on the Western Front, Anthony Hopkins, Bette Davis, Bombshell, Charlize Theron, Christian Bale, Daniel Craig, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, Ford v Ferrari, Golden Globes, Gretchen Carlsen, Hustlers, Idina Menzel, Janet Leigh, Jennifer Lopez, Jonathan Pryce, June Allyson, Knives Out, Laura Dern, Lewis Milestone, Little Women (1949), Lon Chaney Jr., Margaret O'Brien, Margot Robbie, Marriage Story, Matt Damon, Megyn Kelly, Michelle Williams, Nicole Kidman, Noah Baumbach, Of Mice and Men, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, Scarlett Johansson, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Front Page, The Irishman, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The Two Popes, Uncut Gems
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Most of the positive press about this film has to do with “how much we need a movie like this right now,” and there’s a good deal of validity to those sentiments. An openly emotional movie that neutralizes cynicism is … Continue reading
Frozen II
I usually consider sequels as a series of problems that need to be addressed. The huge success of Frozen made the sequel’s stakes higher and the creative decision-making both more focused and more challenging. We have to keep Elsa and … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna, Arendelle, Disney, Elsa, Fantasia, Frozen, Frozen II, Idina Menzel, Into the Unknown, Kristin Bell, Kristoff, Let it Go, Olaf, Sven, The Empire Strikes Back, The Godfather: Part Two, The Good Dinosaur
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