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April 2020 Viewing Diary
Almost Love (2020; d. Mike Doyle) This movie really irritated me. I reviewed for Ebert. Lovesick. (original title Scrotal Recall) (2014/2016/2018; d. Tom Edge) Again. I finished it up last month and started a re-watch immediately. Johnny Flynn crush going … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, comedy, documentary, drama, England, Germany, Hitler, Ireland, Joan Didion, Johnny Flynn, Leonardo DiCaprio, romantic drama, Slings & Arrows, Steven Spielberg, Supernatural, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, Tuesday Weld, women directors
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Review: Tigertail (2020): on Netflix
Movies do continue to open, albeit online. Here’s my review of a film opening today on Netflix, and I highly recommend it: Tigertail, written and directed by Alan Yang (of Parks and Recreation, Master of None). Without any spoilers: I … Continue reading
Millennium Mambo (2001); directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
A circuitous and depressing film by the Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien, Millennium Mambo takes place in 2001, but, as the exhausted-sounding female narrator tells us, the events in the film happened “ten years ago”, giving a sheen of nostalgia and … Continue reading
Review: TFF 2013: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? It’s Always the Question
This review originally appeared on Capital New York. “I haven’t been gay in a while,” admits shy optician Weichung (Richie Jen), in Arvin Chen’s sophomore feature Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?, a bittersweet comedy about a closeted gay man … Continue reading
Yi Yi (2000); Dir. Edward Yang
Edward Yang’s masterpiece Yi Yi works on you slowly. At nearly three hours, it takes its time, lingering on scenes after a more conventional director would have cut. Yang waits to see what happens after the catharsis. Yi Yi reminds … Continue reading