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Tag Archives: Angelina Jolie
Review: Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
I reviewed the new Angelina Jolie action film for Ebert.
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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Films I Loved in 2017
… and if I’ve written about them, I’ll include links. My “Top 10′ is included over at Ebert but I’m honestly not into rankings. Silly to do with art. Here are some of the films I’ve loved. And I missed … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnes Varda, Angelina Jolie, animation, Aubrey Plaza, Ben Stiller, comedy, coming of age, Cristian Mungiu, documentary, drama, Dustin Hoffman, Emily Dickinson, England, France, Garrett Hedlund, Georgia, Greta Gerwig, Harry Dean Stanton, historical drama, Ireland, Kristen Stewart, Martin Scorsese, Matthias Schoenaerts, Meryl Streep, musicals, Paul Thomas Anderson, religious movies, Romania, sci-fi, Sofia Coppola, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Terrence Malick, Tiffany Haddish, Tom Hanks, Turkey, women directors
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September 2017 Viewing Diary
Nightcrawler (2014; d. Dan Gilroy) Such a good film. I wrote about it here. Rancho Notorious (1952; d. Fritz Lang) Marlene Dietrich rules. I totally buy her as that ranch owner. It makes no sense but she makes it make … Continue reading
Fandor’s Best Feature Films, 2015
I was invited to participate in Fandor’s end-of-year poll about the best feature films of 2015. Here are the results. Whether or not your favorite is or is not there is irrelevant (at least in my view). I’m not a … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, Asghar Farhadi, Christian Petzold, Jafar Panahi, Nina Hoss, Rocky
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Stuff I’ve Been Reading
— Wonderful interview with director Hou Hsiao-Hsien on his film “The Assassin” (in theaters now. I loved it.). He says: I’m 68 and I’m running out of time. I started reading martial arts novels when I was in elementary school, … Continue reading
Review: By the Sea (2015); d. Angelina Jolie
A lot of the commentary I’ve seen about Angelina Jolie’s By the Sea has been that it is a self-indulgent vanity project. I have some different feelings about all of that, and also have a suspicion that “self-indulgent” means different … Continue reading