Tag Archives: What Happened Was

The apartment in What Happened Was…

Posted on July 12, 2019 by sheila

This is a companion piece to my latest Present Tense column. I wanted to get even more into the apartment and its decor – Daniel Ouellette’s was production designer and Andras Kanegson did the set decoration. The apartment is part … Continue reading →

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Present Tense: On What Happened Was…, one of the great films about loneliness

Posted on July 11, 2019 by sheila

For my next “Present Tense” column at Film Comment, I wrote about Tom Noonan’s award-winning 1994 film What Happened Was… It was impossible to see the film for a good 10 years too (it was never released on DVD. If … Continue reading →

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December 2018 Viewing Diary

Posted on January 3, 2019 by sheila

Swimming with Men (2018; d. Oliver Parker) A rather slight little comedy about men forming a synchronized swimming team. I reviewed for Ebert. Zama (2018; d. Lucrecia Martel) One of the best films of the year (I saw it after … Continue reading →

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