Tag Archives: James Gandolfini

“I’ve been very lucky, considering what I look like and what I do.” — James Gandolfini

Posted on September 18, 2023 by sheila

It’s his birthday today. 51 years old. It seems incomprehensible. Like a lot of people, he first came on my radar through the extraordinary scene in the motel room with Patricia Arquette in True Romance (“you gotta lotta heart, kid.”) … Continue reading →

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October 2022 Viewing Diary

Posted on November 1, 2022 by sheila

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020; d. Lisa Immordino Vreeland) Fascinating dual portraits. No “talking heads”. The entire thing is made up of their own voices, told in talk shows, or interviews. Amazing footage I’ve never seen before. Christine … Continue reading →

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February 2020 Viewing Diary

Posted on March 4, 2020 by sheila

Ted Bundy: Falling For a Killer (2020; d. Trish Wood) I can’t help it. I’ve been reading about Ted Bundy since I read Ann Rule’s book in high school. I hate him so much, but I can’t quit him. I … Continue reading →

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July 2019 Viewing Diary

Posted on August 1, 2019 by sheila

Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (2019; d. Nick Broomfield) I reviewed this documentary – about the relationship between Marianne Ihlen and Leonard Cohen – for Rogerebert.com. Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (2005; d. Lian Lunson) I watched this beautiful … Continue reading →

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The Drop (2014); directed by Michaël R. Roskam

Posted on September 9, 2014 by sheila

The Drop, which opens this week, is James Gandolfini’s last film. He plays “cousin Marv,” a big Brooklyn guy who owned a bar called Cousin Marv’s Bar. The bar was Marv’s life’s work. Yes, it was a dive bar populated … Continue reading →

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Year in Review: Shooting My Mouth Off in 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by sheila

Some of the things I’ve written in 2013, for my own site, and also other outlets. Thoughts on Memphis. “Memphis is wounded, and Memphis is obviously depressed. There are a lot of sad ghosts here. But Memphis does not forget. … Continue reading →

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Enough Said (2013)

Posted on September 22, 2013 by sheila

Enough Said is only playing in two theaters in Manhattan, the Angelika, and the AMC Lincoln Square uptown. It opened yesterday, and Allison and I bought tickets to the 7:10 show at the Angelika. Beforehand, we went out for Mexican … Continue reading →

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R.I.P., James Gandolfini

Posted on June 20, 2013 by sheila

James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels, “God of Carnage”, Broadway, 2009 Shockingly sad. I wrote a tribute to James Gandolfini for Capital New York. Too soon, dammit, too soon.

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R.I.P. James Gandolfini

Posted on June 20, 2013 by sheila

Originally published on Capital New York James Gandolfini suddenly stood up, walked across the stage in a wild and raging manner, going nowhere in particular but needing to move, all as he impatiently removed his jacket, throwing it off to … Continue reading →

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Where the Wild Things Are; (2009) Dir. Spike Jonze

Posted on November 22, 2009 by sheila

Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic Where the Wild Things Are isn’t plot-driven. There’s not much text, and he uses a lot of repetition (“and they roared their terrible roars,” etc.) that gives the book an incantatory feel. As though we, as … Continue reading →

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