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Tag Archives: South Korea
2018 Movies: An Embarrassment of Riches
My non-definitive Top 10 is here. Many of the films in the list below had spots on the Top 10 until I had to bump them off. But here are the films that were alternates for my Top 10, movies … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Argentina, Coen brothers, documentary, Italy, Josephine Decker, Lady Gaga, Natalie Portman, South Korea, Spike Lee, Stalin, women directors
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Film Comment podcast: Blabbing about movies
Film Comment just launched a new podcast, where critics talk about current releases, as well as any repertory series that might be going on in New York. I was a guest on the first couple of episodes. In this first … 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: Burning (2018) – one of the great films of 2018
(Just had to call it out in the title to get your attention.) Lee Chang-dong is an incredible filmmaker and Burning – his first in 8 years – is a great film. My review of Burning is now up at … Continue reading
February 2018 Viewing Diary
Supernatural, Season 13, episode 12 “Various & Sundry Villains” (2018; d. Amanda Tapping) I was happy to see that the series showed at least passing interest in the inner life of one of its lead characters. Six Feet Under, season … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, Belgium, Bob Fosse, documentary, England, France, Ginger Rogers, Greta Gerwig, Iran, Iranian film, Joan Blondell, Kristen Stewart, Mervyn LeRoy, Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, South Korea, Stanley Kramer, Steven Spielberg, Supernatural, women directors, X-Files, Zac Efron
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November 2016 Viewing Diary
Elle (2016; d. Paul Verhoeven) I loved it. People HATE this movie. One lady on Twitter said that men should be banned from making films about rape. How you would enforce such a rule is beyond me. Also: No fucking … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Agnes Varda, China, Citizen Kane, Claudette Colbert, documentary, England, France, Gary Cooper, Golshifteh Farahani, Hong Kong, Isabelle Huppert, Jim Jarmusch, Mia Hansen-Løve, Orson Welles, Patricia Neal, Paul Verhoeven, Sophia Takal, South Korea, Supernatural
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My Favorite Films of 2014
My Top 10 (more in-depth commentary, and other writer’s choices over at Rogerebert.com): 1. Beyond the Lights, directed by Gina Prince-Blythewood. 2. Boyhood, directed by Richard Linklater. Review here. 3. Closed Curtain, directed by Jafar Panahi. Review here. 4. Force … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Bong Joon-Ho, Denmark, documentary, France, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Germany, Iranian film, Jafar Panahi, Jean-Luc Godard, Jim Jarmusch, Josephine Decker, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig, Lars von Trier, Paul Thomas Anderson, Poland, Richard Linklater, South Korea, Sweden, Vietnam, Wes Anderson, Zac Efron
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Snowpiercer (2014); directed by Bong Joon Ho
In order to combat global warming, various nations on the planet decide to inject the atmosphere with a coolant. The film opens with a bright blue sky, and three planes careening by far above, leaving behind a white trail of … Continue reading
The Original Housemaid (1960)
Fantastic post on the original The Housemaid by Jake (warning: spoilers!): Lee Eun-shim gives one of the most terrifying performances ever put to celluloid. Her housemaid is a mysterious, abominable virago, not so much seducing the husband as brutally forcing … Continue reading