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Tag Archives: Bill Murray
“That’s the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.” — Sofia Coppola
It’s her birthday today. Doing these posts is a way to pull up things from my gigantic archives. I might as well find ways to share them. But it’s also a reminder of how much I haven’t written. Topics I … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Movies, On This Day
Tagged Bill Murray, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Sofia Coppola, women directors
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“Every day life feels mightier, and what we have the power to be, more stupendous.” — Emily Dickinson
“If I read a book [and] it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know … Continue reading
“More Than This / There Is Nothing”: Bill Murray in Lost in Translation for Sofia Coppola Month
This piece originally appeared on Jeremy Richey’s awesome blog Moon in the Gutter, as part of his “Sofia Coppola Month” back in May 2013. He had guest writers take on all number of topics, and I wrote about Bill Murray … Continue reading
“Groundhog Day was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn’t even get nominated for an Academy Award.” — Bill Murray
Yup. (It’s Murray’s birthday today.) I have often said that it’s interesting to consider what films made today might be considered classics to future generations. Something like Casablanca was not a “prestige picture”, it was not filmed with a ponderous … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, On This Day, Television
Tagged Bill Murray, Elvis Presley, Sofia Coppola
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Review: The French Dispatch (2021)
It was a pleasure to review Wes Anderson’s latest, The French Dispatch – its release held off for almost two years due to Covid. It’s a … weird movie, and almost impossible to explain … but I loved the experience … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Bill Murray, comedy, Owen Wilson, reviews, Tilda Swinton, Wes Anderson
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Every week is Elvis Week around here. Nevertheless:
Here is one of the greatest photos ever taken. Bill Murray crashing Elvis’ funeral, August 16, 1977 There’s no video, but here’s the audio of Murray telling David Letterman the story: And I’ll leave you with this, Fox Mulder, massive-Elvis … Continue reading
November 2020 Viewing Diary
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993; d. Steven Zaillian) Popped this fave in because I was still revved up by Queen’s Gambit … I love this movie so much. Makes me cry every time. Supernatural, Season 15, episode 17 “Unity” (2020; … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Bill Murray, Bong Joon-Ho, comedy, documentary, drama, Dylan Thomas, England, Germany, Italy, Romania, Russia, sci-fi, South Korea, Spike Lee, sports movies, Supernatural, Wales, war, X-Files
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October 2020 Viewing Diary
American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020; d. Jenny Popplewell) Very amateurish. Perhaps interesting to those who weren’t following the case as closely as I was. I’m STILL following the case. Chris Watts seems to think he’s going to be … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Bill Murray, comedy, coming of age, crime movies, documentary, drama, George Lucas, horror, Joan Fontaine, Kristen Stewart, Laurence Olivier, Martin Scorsese, Olympia Dukakis, Robert De Niro, romantic drama, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Sandra Bullock, Sofia Coppola, Supernatural, women directors
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January 2016 Viewing Diary
“30 for 30” Chasing Tyson (2015; d. Steve Cantor) I love the 30 for 30 series on ESPN but had never seen this one, the story of Evander Holyfield’s pursuit of Mike Tyson. I’ve got a Tyson thing. I loved … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, Bill Murray, Channing Tatum, France, Iranian film, Italy, J. Miller Tobin, Japan, Rebecca Hall, Richard Widmark, Sofia Coppola, Supernatural, war
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