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Macbeth - PBS, 2009

2014-05-31 05:27

Macbeth – PBS 2009Rupert Goold’s 2009 film of “the Scottish play”, based on his triumphant stage production, is mighty fine. Original, witty at times, more eart… Read More

The Killers

2014-05-23 13:22

These are very general remarks; Starbucks, Hell’s Kitchen, 49thand 9th, May 2014.1. All promo material screams ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S THE KILLERS - but that story only provides enough meat… Read More

NOTE - IN WRITING ABOUT SAVE THE TIGER I HAVE DECIDED TO PRESENT, UNEDITED AND ESSENTIALLY UNCORRECTED, TWO MIDDLE STAGE DRAFTS BELOW. I'M FINDING THAT THE PICTURE IS SO CLOSE TO ME, I'M HAV… Read More

The Gambler

2014-05-20 18:13

This is not really a review or an assessment of a film as such; really, it is just a rough collection of scattered remarks. I hold the film in very high regard. Composed in two differe… Read More

Shutter

2014-05-05 15:25

I don't know what trunk I dug this up out of!!Of course, even before entering the theater, I knew that going to check out the latest J-horror film Shutter would involve putting up… Read More

Alpha Dog

2014-04-26 20:47

This is some kind of pop art review I wrote of ALPHA DOG quite a while back. Judging by the form and style, it must have been a kind of next day review while the film was still relativ… Read More

Looking For Mr. Goodbar

2014-04-22 13:40

Here's an essay I wrote about this film many years ago. I'm not sure I would think about it this way any more. Off the top of my head I can name a few novels de… Read More

Burnt Offerings

2014-04-17 10:17

This is an essay I wrote a long time ago on Burnt Offerings.Are human beings conscious agents with free will? Is there such a thing as freedom? What role does fate play in our lives? T… Read More

The Day Of The Jackal

2014-04-10 21:42

The Day of the Jackal contains a superb scene that looks like a choice candidate to fulfill the requirements of this blog – I refer to when th… Read More

Papillon

2014-04-09 21:17

I tend to watch a lot of French films, so I guess it’s fitting that I should take up two Hollywood mainstreamers in a row with a marginal connection to France – Papillon here an… Read More

Last Tango In Paris

2014-04-04 19:39

For the span of about fifteen minutes – from the start of the opening credit sequence until Paul and Jeanne make love against the window and th… Read More

Diner

2014-04-03 14:09

So – my three favorite Starbucks in Manhattan – at Bond and Broadway, at 17th and Union Square, at 39th and 8th – always remind me of Diner. Why is that? At f… Read More

Notes On A Scandal

2014-04-03 14:00

On this blog we generally try, with any given film, not to attempt to unravel more than maybe one half of one percent of th… Read More

Airport

2014-04-03 13:45

So look – in keeping with the tradition we’ve established on this blog of isolating one or two scenes of a film… Read More

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