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Tag Archives: coming of age
March 2020 Viewing Diary: A Before and After List
I began this viewing diary in a time of innocence (and naivete) before social distancing became compulsory (or at least strongly suggested). We here were months behind schedule, due to the disgraceful anti-science buffoonery of the current administration, who do … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Cary Grant, Claude Rains, comedy, coming of age, documentary, drama, Faye Dunaway, Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, George Stevens, Germany, Jane Austen, Jean Arthur, Jerry Lewis, Jimmy Stewart, John Garfield, Johnny Depp, Johnny Flynn, Lili Taylor, literary adaptation, Natasha Richardson, noir, Paul Schrader, romantic comedy, Supernatural, Thomas Mitchell
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Review: Banana Split (2020)
Many thanks to the editors at Rogerebert.com for keeping us going during this very weird time, with no movies releasing in theatres, many movies switching to VOD releases, and in general … a chaotic moment when everyone (including us) is … Continue reading
Review: Stargirl (2020)
I loved the YA book by Jerry Spinelli (my sister often assigns it to her middle-school students – that’s how I heard about it.) But the film adaptation is … odd. I am a fan of Julia Hart’s work though … 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, Iran, Iranian film, Jean Arthur, Joaquin Phoenix, Joel McCrea, John Sturges, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lucille Ball, Martin Scorsese, Maureen O'Hara, musical, Nick Nolte, Quentin Tarantino, Robert De Niro, romantic comedy, screwball, Steve McQueen, Supernatural, true crime, war movies, women directors
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Review: Blinded by the Light (2019)
I really loved Blinded by the Light, based on Sarfraz Manzoor’s memoir Greetings From Bury Park, about growing up the son of Pakistani immigrants in England, and his life-changing discovery of Bruce Springsteen. Directed by Gurinder Chadha, who also directed … Continue reading
Review: Girl (2019)
My review of the Belgian film Girl – about a trans female ballerina – is now up at Rogerebert.com. It premiers on Netflix today. I cannot recommend it.
Review: Daughter of Mine (2019)
I reviewed Laura Bispuri’s second feature, Daughter of Mine, for Rogerebert.com.
“Is your dad here?” A moment from Eighth Grade
That’s Missy Yager there, as the mom of the Queen Bee of middle school in Eighth Grade (which I reviewed for Ebert.) What is so funny about this small moment is that the mother is happy to see Kayla come … Continue reading
Review: Postcards from London (2018)
I appreciated the film’s grappling with ideas about artistic influence, in particular as it applies to the iconography and patron saints/icons/martyrs of homosexual male art history – to be awkward about it – the rebels/renegades/outlaws who make up that vibrant … Continue reading
Review: The Long Dumb Road (2018)
I really enjoyed this road trip movie. My review of The Long Dumb Road is now up at Rogerebert.com.
