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December 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on January 1, 2025 by sheila

The Last Showgirl (2024; d. Gia Coppola) Pamela Anderson gives my favorite performance by a woman this year. I reviewed the film for Ebert. Dark Waters (2019; d. Todd Haynes) I love movies about rapacious evil corporations, and a dogged … Continue reading →

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Review: Babygirl (2024)

Posted on December 24, 2024 by sheila

I’ve been really looking forward to this one, especially because it’s what is known as “divisive”. It’s fun to finally see it and make up my own mind. I’ve been writing about Harris Dickinson since he first arrived in 2017’s … Continue reading →

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Review: Touch Me Not (2018)

Posted on January 11, 2019 by sheila

For a movie so filled with sex, I was left kinda cold by this. I reviewed Touch Me Not for Rogerebert.com.

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Review: Permission (2018)

Posted on February 9, 2018 by sheila

My second review this week of a movie about sexual exploration. My review of Permission is now up at Rogerebert.com.

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Review: Fifty Shades Freed (2018)

Posted on February 9, 2018 by sheila

These movies are dumb but they sure are fun to write about. My review of Fifty Shades Freed is now up at Rogerebert.com.

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Review: Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

Posted on February 10, 2017 by sheila

I was excited I was assigned this one. Oh, and Supernatural fans, “Brady” – Sam’s old BFF fro Stanford – plays the villain. A villain who is also a book editor. Because of course! My review of Fifty Shades Darker … Continue reading →

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Review: Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2014)

Posted on April 4, 2014 by sheila

Part II of Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac. I loved Vol. I. Vol II is a bit more uneven, more conventional in many respects. I think a little Charlotte Gainsbourg (a very little) goes a long way, and Vol. II has … Continue reading →

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Review: Nymphomaniac, Vol. I (2014)

Posted on March 21, 2014 by sheila

The movie people have already been talking about for a straight year. I went in curious. The experience of the film is so much fun, something I was not expecting at all. I knew it would be provocative, disturbing, possibly … Continue reading →

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