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Objects of Moonrise Kingdom
The Dark Corner's depth of frame
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Women Without Men (2009)
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They All Laughed QA with Peter Bogdanovich
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Gun Porn: Public Enemies
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The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
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Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Fat-Headed Guy Full of Pain: Cary Grant in Notorious
Passionflower (2011)
Interview with director Shelagh Carter
The More the Merrier (1943)
Things I Don't Understand (2011)
Certainty (2011)
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The Forbidden Chapter (2006)
Hunger (2008)
Party (2000)
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They All Laughed 2
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Don't Deliver Us From Evil (1971)
A conversation about National Velvet
The Rapture (1991)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Werewolf of Washington (1973)
A conversation about Dogfight
No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
The Girl in the Sneakers (1999)
Daughters of the Sun (2000)
Siavash (1998)
The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
Sweetgrass (2009)
God's Land (2010)
Joy in That Thing You Do
Moon (2009)
Women's Prison (1955)
It (1927)
Othello (1952)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
Other Men's Women (1931)
Female (1933)
Kolya (1996)
Who Am I This Time? (1982)
Rachel, Rachel (1968)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
The American (2010)
Shirin (2008)
Studs Lonigan (1960)
Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Angel Baby (1995)
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Cry Baby Killer (1958)
Too Soon To Love (1960)
The Terror (1963)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Cat People (1942)
A Thousand Women Like Me (2000)
Red Cliff (2008)
The Big Combo (1955)
Crimson Gold (2003)
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Metropolis (1927)
Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
Heroes For Sale (1933)
Murder By Numbers (2002)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Mother (2009)
Love Crazy (1941)
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
Mulholland Drive "persona swap"
Three Kings (1999)
Stalker (1979)
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Across the Universe (2007)
Dahmer (2002)
About a Boy (2002)
Johnny Guitar: Texting a review
Memories of Murder (2003)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Yi Yi (2000)
Observe and Report (2009)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Days of Heaven (1978)
Birth Of a Nation (1915)
What Happened Was... (1994)
Berserk! (1967)
Tyson (2008)
The Cheat (1931)
Torch Singer (1933)
Only Angels Have Wings: A perfect scene
The look of Rumble Fish
The relationship in 9 1/2 Weeks
Johnny Handsome (1989)
Atmosphere in To Have and Have Not
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Ecstasy (1933)
Waking the Dead (2000)
Half Moon (2006)
A Woman's Face (1941)
Baby Face (1933)
A masterpiece scene in Witness
The Circle (2000)
Taste of Cherry (1997)
Deserted Station (2002)
Leila (1996)
Compulsion (1959)
Offside (2006)
The Clock (1945)
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Don't Look Now (1973)
Persona (1966)
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Tag Archives: John Adams
Happy Presidents Day!
It was July 4, 1826: the 50th anniversary of July 4, 1776. Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, old men by that point, had been invited to attend huge celebrations in honor of the day, but due to illness both … Continue reading
On This Day: July 3, 1776
John Adams, in a July 3, 1776 letter to Abigail, after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 2 in Philadelphia: The Delay of this Declaration to this Time, has many great Advantages attending it. The Hopes of … Continue reading
Posted in Founding Fathers, On This Day
Tagged Abigail Adams, Declaration of Independence, John Adams, politics, war
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On This Day: December 16, 1773
On November 28, 1773, the Dartmouth sailed into port in Boston. It was full of tea. There had already been trouble in Philadelphia when the ship had tried to unload its cargo. A ship had been blown away from the … Continue reading
Posted in Founding Fathers, On This Day
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Boston Tea Party, Catherine Drinker-Bowen, John Adams, politics, Samuel Adams, war
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Today in history: September 5, 1774
On September 5, 1774, the First Continental Congress convened at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia. It was a very stressful and dangerous time, and there was very little agreement among the colonies about what should be done. The Port Bill (closing … Continue reading
Posted in Founding Fathers, On This Day
Tagged Abigail Adams, George Washington, John Adams, Martha Washington, politics
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February 13, three letters, one year apart:
On Board the Frigate Boston 5 O Clock in the Afternoon Feb. 13, 1778 Dearest of Friends I am favored with an unexpected Opportunity, by Mr. Woodward the later Man who once lived at Mr. Belchers, and who promises in … Continue reading
Today in History: July 3, 1776
John Adams, in a July 3, 1776 letter to Abigail, after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 2 in Philadelphia: The Delay of this Declaration to this Time, has many great Advantages attending it. The Hopes of … Continue reading
Posted in Founding Fathers, On This Day
Tagged Declaration of Independence, John Adams, war
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“For Revolution junkies, spotting the cameos makes an awfully good parlor game.”
You’re speakin’ my language, bub. Review of the upcoming HBO miniseries about John Adams. The review has gotten me quite excited, despite the Linney factor. I’m already junkie enough to be tremendously pleased (in an inappropriate proprietary way) that the … Continue reading
2007 Books Read
(in the order in which I finished them, understanding that very often I read many books at the same time). I count re-read books, by the way. I’ll include links to any posts or book excerpts I might have done … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, A.S. Byatt, Anne Fadiman, Billy Budd, Bleak House, Blue Blood, Bob Balaban, books read, Born Standing Up, By the Lake, Carpet Wars, David McCullough, Dean Stockwell, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, Dubliners, Elinor Lipman, Game of Shadows, George Washington, Graham Greene, Gulliver's Travels, Harry Potter, John Adams, John McGahern, Leopold and Loeb, Mary Gaitskill, Master & Commander, Michael Chabon, Never Let Me Go, Orson Welles, Robert Kaplan, Scoop, Scott Peck, Self-Help, The Gathering, The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, The Road, Theo Van Gogh, Travels With Herodotus, Veronica, We Need To Talk About Kevin
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Today In History: Dec. 16, 1773
On November 28, 1773, the Dartmouth sailed into port in Boston. It was full of tea. There had already been trouble in Philadelphia when the tea ship had tried to unload its cargo. A ship had been blown away from … Continue reading
June 18, 1775 “The Day; perhaps the decisive Day is come on which the fate of America depends.”
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams: Dearest Friend The Day; perhaps the decisive Day is come on which the fate of America depends. My bursting Heart must find vent at my pen. I have just heard that our dear … Continue reading

