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Tag Archives: reviews
Review: Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones And D-Man In The Waters (2021)
This documentary – about Bill T. Jones’ seminal dance “D-Man In the Waters” – is so good. As history lesson, as art appreciation, AND – best of all – a realistic look at the creative process. I loved it. I … Continue reading
Now on Criterion: Bringing Up Baby
The Criterion Collection just released Howard Hawks’ 1938 screwball classic Bringing Up Baby, in a new 4k restoration. The special features are EXTENSIVE, including a video-essay on Cary Grant by Scott Eyman (author of the new biography of Grant), as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bringing Up Baby, Cary Grant, Howard Hawks, Katharine Hepburn, reviews, screwball comedy
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Review: Zola (2021)
Zola – based on an epic 2015 Twitter thread – (now that’s not something you hear every day) so far is one of my favorite films of the year. I actually remember that thread unfolding. I was on Twitter at … Continue reading
Review: I Carry You With Me (2021)
This moving love story/immigrant drama – a dramatization of a real-life story (the real-life guys are included in the final sequences showing “where they are now”) – was directed by Heidi Ewing (known for documentaries – like the Oscar-nominated Jesus … Continue reading
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Tagged documentary, drama, Mexico, reviews, romantic drama, women directors
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Review: Skater Girl (2021)
Loved it, loved it. On Netflix now. I reviewed for Ebert.
Review: Caveat (2021)
Caveat, a first feature for Irish director Damian McCarthy, really freaked me out. It’s legit spooky. No tricks. I reviewed for Ebert. Streaming now on Shudder.
Review: Oslo (2021)
On HBO: a film adaptation of the hit Broadway play Oslo, about the wheelings-and-dealings leading up to the Oslo Peace Accords. I reviewed for Ebert.
Review: The Dry (2021)
I reviewed The Dry – a really good and tense “whodunit”, starring Eric Bana – for Ebert.
Review: Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
I reviewed the new Angelina Jolie action film for Ebert.
Review: State Funeral (2021) Stalin kicks the bucket. Nation-wide “mourning” ensues. A review I was born to write.
If you’ve been hanging around on my blog for a while, then you know how much I’ve written about Stalin. He used to have a whole “Category” back in the day, before I switched it to a “tag”. Yeah, because … Continue reading