Tag Archives: Glen Powell

2024 Year in Review

Posted on December 27, 2024 by sheila

Here’s a roundup of most of the things I’ve written this year: here on my site, for Rogerebert.com, for my newsletter, and for my new column at Liberties Journal. Every year it’s the same thing. I spend so much time … Continue reading →

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“If I could make every movie with Richard Linklater, I would.” — Glen Powell

Posted on October 21, 2024 by sheila

It’s his birthday today. I love it when someone hard-working and deserving becomes the new It-Boy. Correction: Glen Powell isn’t an It-BOY. He is an It-MAN. I love how he seems to be really enjoying his moment, humorous about it, … Continue reading →

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July 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on August 4, 2024 by sheila

Anyone But You (2023; d. Will Gluck) The fascination with Glen Powell continues. I’ve seen this maybe four times now? The NY Times did a whole ROUNDTABLE about Glen Powell, like: what is going on with this guy? It’s like … Continue reading →

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June 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on July 4, 2024 by sheila

Sunset Boulevard (1950; d. Billy Wilder) I had so much fun discussing Sunset Boulevard with the audience after the screening at Jacob Burns Film Center. I’ll be doing another one in August, after Billy Wilder’s The Apartment. The audience was … Continue reading →

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Glen Powell is here and people are being weird

Posted on June 25, 2024 by sheila

I wrote about Glen Powell on my Substack. This one – obviously – was a long time in the making.     Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I do, and if you feel inclined … Continue reading →

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For Film Comment: Shane & Everybody Wants Some!!

Posted on September 7, 2021 by sheila

There’s a new column on Film Comment called “Seeing Double”, where writers explore connections between different movies, potential double bills. So I wrote about Shane and Everybody Wants Some!!, a piece I’d been wanting to write for a couple of … Continue reading →

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Review: Everybody Wants Some!! (2016); d. Richard Linklater

Posted on April 1, 2016 by sheila

Ahhh, I loved Richard Linklater’s latest, a so-called “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused. Everybody Wants Some!! shows three days in the life of a group of college baseball players, in 1980. Wonderful. Here’s my review of Everybody Wants Some!! … Continue reading →

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