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Tag Archives: Ingmar Bergman
Music Monday: Ingmar Bergman and Scott Walker: The Seventh Seal, by Brendan O’Malley
My talented brother Brendan O’Malley is an amazing writer and actor. He’s wonderful in the recent You & Me, directed by Alexander Baack. (I interviewed Baack about the film here.) His most recent gig was story editor/writer on the hit … Continue reading
Watch What You Want. Find Comfort Where You Can.
I originally posted this on Facebook. It is not directed (as far as I know) to anyone who reads me here. But I still think it’s important to share, as a general commentary on the VIBE I have noticed post … Continue reading
R.I.P. Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow’s contributions to world cinema are so vast and so important that only hyperbole will do. He is now familiar to three generations – or maybe four? – from those who got to know him first through Ingmar … Continue reading
For Film Comment: Sylvia Plath Goes to the Movies
For my next Present Tense column at Film Comment, I wrote about all the new information in the the recently-published two-volume full and unedited correspondence of Sylvia Plath, much of it never before seen by the general public. What was … Continue reading
R.I.P. Bibi Andersson
From David Thomson’s The New Biographical Dictionary of Film : Expanded and Updated , the entry on Bibi Andersson: “She needed such a holiday to prepare for one of the most harrowing female roles the screen has presented: Nurse Alma … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, RIP
Tagged Bibi Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Persona
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On Woody Allen’s Another Woman (1988)
“They said I’d be traumatized when I hit fifty. They were right. I’ll tell you the truth. I haven’t recovered my balance since turning fifty … You suddenly look up and see where you are.” – Marion in “Another Woman” … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Angelina Jolie, drama, Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Ingmar Bergman, Minnie and Moskowitz, reviews, Woody Allen
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Criterion Collection video series: Bergman’s Actors
One of my major projects earlier this year was writing essays on four of Ingmar Bergman’s actors, for the Criterion Collection “channel” on FilmStruck (which will cease operations in a couple of weeks, despite an outpouring of protest). It was … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Directors
Tagged Bibi Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Sweden
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For Criterion: On Ingrid Thulin
With the incredibly disheartening news that FilmStruck was going to be discontinued, I wasn’t sure what the status would be for the two remaining video-essays I wrote and narrated on Ingmar Bergman’s actors. The first one, on Liv Ullmann and … Continue reading
October 2018 Viewing Diary
Supernatural, Season 11, episode 4 “Baby” (2015; d. Thomas J. Wright) This episode just grows in stature the further away we get from it. It’s quite brilliant. Mandy (2018; d. Panos Cosmatos) I went into Mandy not knowing much about … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Canada, Coen brothers, documentary, George Cukor, Ingmar Bergman, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, John Cassavetes, Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley, Lady Gaga, Mike Nichols, Norway, Oscar Wilde, Queen, South Korea, Supernatural, Sweden, women directors
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Review: Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)
It’s been an extremely Bergman-heavy year for me, for a lot of movie fans. It’s his centenary. There’s a new doc out, by the German director Margarethe von Trotta. My review of Searching for Ingmar Bergman is now up at … Continue reading
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Tagged documentary, Ingmar Bergman, reviews, Sweden, women directors
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