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Tag Archives: Susan Sarandon
May 2016 Viewing Diary
Supernatural, Season 3, Episode 5, “Bedtime Stories” (2007; d. Mike Rohl) So silly. Supernatural, Season 3, Episode 6, “Red Sky at Morning” (2007; d. Cliff Bole) I like this episode a lot. I don’t care that the SPN writers threw … Continue reading
Thelma and Louise Turns 25: We Discuss
Christy Lemire, Susan Wloszczyna and I are reunited a couple of years after our discussion of Abel Ferrara’s Ms. 45, to discuss Thelma and Louise, which turns 25 this year. My take is a bit different from Christy’s and Susan’s, … Continue reading
The Key to Streetcar Named Desire is Stella, and Don’t Let Anyone Tell You Different: A Review of Who Am I This Time? (1982)
A re-post, because I’ve got love and theatre on the brain. 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, Christopher Walken, comedy, literary adaptation, reviews, Susan Sarandon, Tennessee Williams
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Who Am I This Time? (1982); Dir. Jonathan Demme
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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Tagged Christopher Walken, Jonathan Demme, Susan Sarandon, Tennessee Williams
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Faces I Love
I’m copying. But go look here. WONDERFUL, right? And I’m not just saying that because Archie is on the list. So here are my choices. I think it’s fun to show the faces without listing the name that goes with … Continue reading
Wearing White
Exchange from the film “Bull Durham”: Weepy bride: “Do you think I deserve to wear white?” Annie: “Honey, we all deserve to wear white.”