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Tag Archives: Nicole Kidman
“I swear my next project is going to be something really simple and focused and minimal.” — Baz Luhrmann
It’s his birthday today. “I think what I’m saying is, when you get to where I am in your journey, you just have to start to accept that there’s something inside you that you’ve been trying to get out and … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Movies, On This Day, Theatre
Tagged Australia, Baz Luhrmann, Ewan McGregor, Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicole Kidman, The Great Gatsby
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August 2021 Viewing Diary
Pig (2021; d. Michael Sarnoski) I wish I could write at length about some of these. I just don’t have the time these days. I absolutely loved Pig, about an isolated woodsman-truffle-hunter (Nicolas Cage) whose beloved truffle pig is stolen. … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, backting, Belgium, Bette Davis, comedy, documentary, drama, France, Golshifteh Farahani, Howard Hawks, James Cagney, Jean Arthur, Jim Jarmusch, Joan Blondell, Marion Cotillard, Mervyn LeRoy, musical, Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, noir, Pre-Code, Richard Linklater, Robert Mitchum, Supernatural, surfing, William Carlos Williams
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The Sheltering-in-Place iPod Shuffle
By request: I play music as I clean. I also play music as I do my digital day job – which I am very VERY grateful for, since so many people just lost their jobs overnight. I mean, let’s be … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Alanis Morissette, Bleu, Brendan Benson, Carl Perkins, Charlie Rich, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Church, Everclear, Ewan McGregor, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Indigo Girls, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Reed, Johnny Cash, Johnny Flynn, Lenny Kravitz, Link Wray, Little Richard, Liz Phair, Madonna, Mike Viola, Nicole Kidman, Nirvana, Pat McCurdy, Pink, Ricky Nelson, Robbie Williams, Rufus Wainwright, shuffle, The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Wanda Jackson, Waylon Jennings
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For Film Comment: on Bombshell (2019)
I wrote a brief piece on Bombshell for the January/February 2020 issue of Film Comment.
July 2019 Viewing Diary
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
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged backting, Bette Davis, Christian Petzold, comedy, documentary, drama, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Germany, heist, Jack Black, James Gandolfini, Kristen Wiig, Nicole Kidman, Quentin Tarantino, romantic drama, Russia, Supernatural, What Happened Was, Will Ferrell, William Wyler, women directors
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“Masters of the Acting Art”: An Interview with Author Dan Callahan
Dan Callahan is one of our best writers on the craft of acting. Not only does he describe why a performance is good, he digs into the much thornier issue of how it is good. This is where most critics … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies
Tagged Al Pacino, Cate Blanchett, Charles Laughton, Diane Keaton, Dustin Hoffman, Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway, Gena Rowlands, interviews, John Cassavetes, Judy Davis, Laurence Olivier, Lee Strasberg, Maggie Smith, Marlon Brando, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Patricia Clarkson, River Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Stella Adler
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Review: The Destroyer (2018)
An example of being heavy-handed for no discernible purpose. My review of The Destroyer is now up at Rogerebert.com.
Review: At long last, Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled (2017)
God, I loved it. Here’s my review over on Rogerebert.com.