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Tag Archives: Pakistan
April 2015 Viewing Diary
About Elly (2009; d. Asghar Farhadi). At long last. Wrote it up here. Misery Loves Comedy (2015; d. Kevin Pollak). Navel-gazing documentary about comedians and how they think about what they do. A cast of thousands. Lots of great anecdotes. … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Agnes Varda, Albert Maysles, Argentina, Asghar Farhadi, baseball, Chantal Akerman, Denmark, documentary, France, Iran, Iranian film, Italy, Jean-Luc Godard, John Wayne, Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sandrine Bonnaire, Supernatural, Sweden, X-Files
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Review: Tribeca 2015: Gored and Among the Believers
Two more interesting documentaries playing at Tribeca: Gored, about Antonio Barrera, who has the distinction (?) of being the “most gored” matador in history – and Among the Believers, a complex and intricate documentary about the controversial (to put it … Continue reading
March 2015: Viewing Diary
Supernatural, Season 2, Episode 14 “Born Under a Bad Sign” (2007; J. Miller Tobin). A re-watch for my re-cap. Tales of Hoffmann (1952; Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger). Saw a screening of the lushly-colored new restoration print at the Film … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Maysles, Alfred Hitchcock, Austria, Claude Chabrol, documentary, England, France, Ida Lupino, Italy, J. Miller Tobin, Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Mexico, Michael Mann, Mildred Pierce, Pakistan, Spain, Supernatural, Thomas J. Wright
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