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Tag Archives: Colin Farrell
September 2024 Viewing Diary
My First Film (2024; d. Zia Anger) In my Top 10 of the year (so far). I reviewed for Ebert. Sweetheart Deal (2024; d. Elisa Levine and Gabriel Miller) A very upsetting and beautifully made documentary, representing a decade of … Continue reading
January 2020 Viewing Diary
Hell Is for Heroes (1962; d. Don Siegel) A spare lean and mean war movie – pretty standard, actually – except Steve McQueen is actually presenting a character study here, a character he probably knows something about. He is eerie … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Pacino, Brad Pitt, children's movies, Colin Farrell, comedy, coming of age, crime movies, Dean Stockwell, documentary, Dorothy Arzner, drama, Dustin Hoffman, England, France, Ginger Rogers, heist movies, Iran, Iranian film, Jean Arthur, Joaquin Phoenix, Joel McCrea, John Sturges, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lucille Ball, Martin Scorsese, Maureen O'Hara, musicals, Nick Nolte, Quentin Tarantino, Robert De Niro, romantic comedy, screwball comedy, Steve McQueen, Supernatural, true crime, war movies, women directors
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Review: The Gentlemen (2020)
I reviewed Guy Ritchie’s latest for Rogerebert.com.
September 2019 Viewing Diary
Satanic Panic (2019; d. Chelsea Stardust) Rebecca Romijn is reason enough to see this. My review at Ebert. A Hidden Life (2019; d. Terrence Malick) The new Terrence Malick film, about WWII conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter, a man from Austria, … Continue reading
2016 Movies To See
Out Now Out Soon Out Earlier This Year
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Tagged Asghar Farhadi, Channing Tatum, Coen brothers, Colin Farrell, George Clooney, Hediyeh Tehrani, Isabelle Huppert, Jim Jarmusch, Justin Timberlake, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Jackson, Richard Linklater, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Scarlett Johansson, Spike Lee, Taraneh Alidoosti, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks
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Review: The Lobster (2016)
I loved this cynical bitter film, by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (making his English-language film debut). I was afraid it would cop out at the end. It doesn’t. And as someone who “identifies” as a cultural outlaw, a renegade, an … Continue reading
Miss Julie (2014); directed by Liv Ullmann
Liv Ullmann directing August Strindberg’s wacky 1888 comedy, Miss Julie. Jessica Chastain, man. But all three of the main actors – Chastain, Colin Farrell, and Samantha Morton, give phenomenal performances. It’s rather unforgettable, actually. My review of Miss Julie is … Continue reading
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Tagged August Strindberg, Colin Farrell, drama, Ireland, literary adaptation, Liv Ullmann, Norway, reviews
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Fright Night (2011): At Least This Vampire Acts Like, You Know, A Vampire
This originally appeared on Capital New York. It is certainly nice to meet a vampire these days who isn’t an achingly celibate sparkly-skinned romantic hero with stony abs, but an ominous terrifying monster of the night. It’s refreshing to see … Continue reading
“It’s easy to forget, as Billboard’s Country charts fill with faintly twangy pop and lazy paeans to dogs and trucks, that this music has an atavistic darkness.”
One of the best reviews of Crazy Heart I’ve read so far. I loved the observation about the relationship between Colin Farrell’s “Tommy Sweet” and Jeff Bridges’ “Bad Blake” – something I felt was very strong in the picture, especially … Continue reading