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Tag Archives: Mexico
November 2023 Viewing Diary
After Everything (2018; d. Hannah Marks, Joey Power) In early November, I holed up in a cozy little house in Connecticut with Allison and Carol. I had to work the whole time, which was a bummer but the night was … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged animation, biopic, Chile, Christian Petzold, coming of age, David Fincher, documentary, drama, Elvis Presley, England, family, France, Germany, historical drama, Isabelle Adjani, Japan, Julianne Moore, July and Half of August, Mélanie Laurent, Mexico, Russia, short films, Sofia Coppola, South Korea, thrillers, Tilda Swinton, Ukraine, women directors
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November 2021 Viewing Diary
The Wire, half of Season 3 This is the busiest time of year in re: film-critic-land, so had to stop my re-watch of The Wire to make room for new releases. I’ll get back to it! All Is Forgiven (2007; … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Amy Heckerling, Balkans, Dean Stockwell, documentary, drama, Ethan Hawke, Eugene O'Neill, France, Ingmar Bergman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Japan, Katharine Hepburn, literary adaptation, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Mexico, Mia Hansen-Løve, Mia Wasikowska, New Zealand, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quantum Leap, Rebecca Hall, Sidney Lumet, Spain, Sweden, The Beatles, Will Ferrell, women directors
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Review: Prayers for the Stolen (2021; on Netflix)
I reviewed Prayers for the Stolen, a harrowing film about the ongoing human rights crisis of the “disappeared” women and girls in Mexico.
Review: I Carry You With Me (2021)
This moving love story/immigrant drama – a dramatization of a real-life story (the real-life guys are included in the final sequences showing “where they are now”) – was directed by Heidi Ewing (known for documentaries – like the Oscar-nominated Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged documentary, drama, Mexico, reviews, romantic drama, women directors
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Review: Wander Darkly (2020)
I was almost surprised by how much this movie really touched me, moved me. I was almost shook, if you want to know the truth. I hope my review for Ebert expresses that, and intrigues people enough to check out … Continue reading
Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2018
Thanks, everyone, who hangs out here, who likes what I do, whether you’re an Elvis fan, a Supernatural fan, a general cinephile, a book-lover, or just someone who’s been checking in periodically for almost 16 years – WHAT? – I … Continue reading
Posted in James Joyce, Movies, Television
Tagged Anne V. Coates, Burt Reynolds, documentary, Doris Day, Dorothy Malone, Elvis Presley, England, Finnegans Wake, Frank Sinatra, Gena Rowlands, Germany, Gold Diggers of 1933, Grace Kelly, Hal Ashby, Howard Hughes, Ian McEwan, James Cagney, Joan Didion, Joaquin Phoenix, Julie Christie, Lynne Ramsay, Mexico, Minnie and Moskowitz, Natalie Portman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Play It As It Lays, Robert Altman, Russia, Sanaa Lathan, South Korea, Supernatural, Warren Beatty, women directors, Woody Allen, year in writing
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Film Comment Countdown and Live Talk
Last night, I participated in a Film Comment live talk at Lincoln Center, hosted/moderated by Film Comment editor-in-chief Nic Rapold, which involved “unveiling” Film Comment‘s Top 10 of 2018. The other critics there were Michael Koresky, Nick Pinkerton and Molly … Continue reading
Rogerebert.com: The 10 Best of 2018
All the Rogerebert.com contributors sent in votes, they were tallied up, resulting in a Top 10 for the site. (Our individual Top 10s will be published later). For now, here is our Top 10, each entry written by a different … Continue reading
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Tagged Coen brothers, comedy, documentary, drama, Ethan Hawke, Mexico, Paul Schrader, Poland, sci-fi, South Korea, Spike Lee, women directors
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