Tag Archives: Jonathan Demme

Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2020, Part 1

Posted on December 19, 2020 by sheila

What a year. Hard to say “the worst” because I was at least somewhat mentally stable during 2020, but this year was an assault. An assault after a couple of years of exhausting assault. It was an assault on us … Continue reading →

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My final column at Film Comment: on Jonathan Demme’s Citizens Band

Posted on April 25, 2020 by sheila

As some of you may be aware, Film Comment is going on an “indefinite” hiatus during this uncertain time. There have been a lot of layoffs at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and Lincoln Center itself is struggling. While … Continue reading →

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June 2017 Viewing Diary

Posted on July 2, 2017 by sheila

Mad Men, Season 2 – 7 Not sure why I decided to do a re-watch. I think what happened is I watched the pilot and then couldn’t stop myself. It’s been a terrible month. I needed the comfort of the … Continue reading →

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I Hate Lists, But … The Best Movies of 2016

Posted on December 19, 2016 by sheila

The Roger Ebert contributors each submitted our own individual Top 10 Lists for 2016 – compiled here. As mentioned in the introduction, the NUMBER of titles – all total – that show up on this list is a testament to … Continue reading →

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October 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on November 1, 2016 by sheila

Roadies, Season 1, Pilot (2016; d. Cameron Crowe) My friend Allison forced me to watch this. I had no choice. We do this to one another. And neither of us are EVER sorry. I absolutely loved it. Have not had … Continue reading →

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August 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on September 3, 2016 by sheila

My viewing this month was mostly work-related, so the viewing diary is uncharacteristically short. A lot of these I watched multiple times, for research, etc. And I’ve been ill, too, this summer. I just had no concentration outside of the … Continue reading →

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August 2015 Viewing Diary

Posted on August 31, 2015 by sheila

Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine (2000; d. Bahman Farmanara). A profound and touching (and very funny) film from Iran, written and directed by and starring Farmanara. It tells the story of a death-obsessed film director who hasn’t made a … Continue reading →

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Review: Ricki and the Flash (2015); dir. Jonathan Demme

Posted on August 8, 2015 by sheila

Preamble: The trailers have been everywhere. For months. With minor tweaks here and there, the trailers give the impression that 1. they are telling the entire story of the movie and 2. the movie is probably not any good. Whoever … Continue reading →

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Review: Enzo Avitabile Music Life (2013)

Posted on October 18, 2013 by sheila

A new music documentary by Jonathan Demme, not quite as good as his others, but still very interesting, Enzo Avitabile Music Life. My review is now up at Roger Ebert. I definitely want the soundtrack.

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Who Am I This Time? (1982); Dir. Jonathan Demme

Posted on September 22, 2010 by sheila

Is it not monstrous that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit That from her working all his visage wann’d, Tears in his eyes, distraction in’s … Continue reading →

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