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Tag Archives: Glen Powell
“If I could make every movie with Richard Linklater, I would.” — Glen Powell
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
July 2024 Viewing Diary
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
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged action movies, Ben Gazzara, coming of age, documentary, drama, England, France, Gena Rowlands, Glen Powell, historical drama, horror, Ireland, Italy, Joan Blondell, John Cassavetes, Mary Shelley, Opening Night, romantic comedy, sci-fi
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June 2024 Viewing Diary
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
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged action movies, Billy Wilder, comedy, film noir, France, Glen Powell, Gloria Swanson, Meryl Streep, New Zealand, Richard Linklater, romantic comedy, romantic drama, short films, Steven Spielberg, Sunset Boulevard, Thomas J. Wright, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, war movies, William Holden, women directors
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Glen Powell is here and people are being weird
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
For Film Comment: Shane & Everybody Wants Some!!
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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Tagged Alan Ladd, comedy, George Stevens, Glen Powell, Jean Arthur, reviews, Richard Linklater, westerns
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Review: Everybody Wants Some!! (2016); d. Richard Linklater
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