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March 2015: Viewing Diary

Posted on April 1, 2015 by sheila

Supernatural, Season 2, Episode 14 “Born Under a Bad Sign” (2007; J. Miller Tobin). A re-watch for my re-cap. Tales of Hoffmann (1952; Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger). Saw a screening of the lushly-colored new restoration print at the Film … Continue reading →

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January 2015 Viewing Diary

Posted on February 2, 2015 by sheila

I’m going to start listing everything I saw each month. It’ll be a good way for me to keep track, and also a good record for my end-of-year lists. So here’s everything I watched in January, 2015. Inherent Vice (2014; … Continue reading →

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Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2014

Posted on December 29, 2014 by sheila

I may write some magnum opus in the next two days, you never know, but here are links to some of the things I’ve written in 2014, here and elsewhere. I have worked hard to keep my site an eclectic … Continue reading →

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The Passionate Thief (1960); directed by Mario Monicelli

Posted on December 12, 2014 by sheila

Charlie and I went to The Film Forum last night to check out the restored The Passionate Thief (1960), directed by Mario Monicelli, and starring Anna Magnani, Ben Gazzara and Toto. It’s getting a nice theatrical re-release, and it looks … Continue reading →

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Review: The Best Offer (2013); directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Posted on January 4, 2014 by sheila

The latest from Giuseppe Tornatore is called The Best Offer and it stars Geoffrey Rush (with Donald Sutherland and Jim Sturgess in smaller parts). My review is now up at Roger Ebert.

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The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “Valentino,” by H.L. Mencken

Posted on November 19, 2013 by sheila

Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken H.L. Mencken, as can be expected, didn’t have much good to say about this new-fangled business of movie-making. He thought it … Continue reading →

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Seen Recently: Une Affaire Des Femmes (1988), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Battle of Algiers (1966), The Bling Ring (2013), Tomorrow (1972)

Posted on July 12, 2013 by sheila

Une Affaire des Femmes or: Story of Women directed by Claude Chabrol This movie is as deep as the Mariana Trench. I suppose it all depends on which angle you want to look at it, which filter you want to … Continue reading →

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On Fellini’s Amarcord

Posted on January 20, 2013 by sheila

… in honor of Federico Fellini’s birthday, which is today. Sometimes from this tumult an image of perfect beauty will emerge, as when in the midst of a rare snowfall, the count’s peacock escapes and spreads its dazzling tail feathers … Continue reading →

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The Books: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, ‘A Hard Case’, by Joan Acocella

Posted on October 14, 2012 by sheila

On the essays shelf: Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella. The next essay I want to excerpt is called ‘A Hard Case’, a review of a new biography on Primo Levi, by Carol Angier. Acocella, like many … Continue reading →

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The Books: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, ‘True Confessions’, by Joan Acocella

Posted on October 11, 2012 by sheila

Next book on the essays shelf: Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella. The next essay is called ‘True Confessions’, originally published in The New Yorker. This essay is an example of what Joan Acocella does best. Although … Continue reading →

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