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Tag Archives: Terrence Malick
“I have trouble working off things that are too preconceived, like storyboards.” — Terrence Malick
“When people express what is most important to them, it often comes out in cliches. That doesn’t make them laughable — it’s something tender about them. As though in struggling to reach what’s most personal about them they could only … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Movies, On This Day
Tagged Badlands, Days of Heaven, Terrence Malick
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“I’m a tough little rebel.” — Linda Manz
Days of Heaven (1978) It’s her birthday today. Manz died on August 14, 2020. She was HUGE to me growing up, and I have written about it on occasion. She didn’t work all that much, but her performances meant so … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, On This Day, Television
Tagged Days of Heaven, Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Orphan Train, Out of the Blue, Terrence Malick
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“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” — Edward Hopper
It’s his birthday today. I wrote about Edward Hopper quite a bit in my Present Tense column at Film Comment, detailing the Hopper-y vibe of Tom Noonan’s great film about urban loneliness, What Happened Was… In fact, I have a … Continue reading
Posted in Art/Photography, On This Day
Tagged art, Edward Hopper, Terrence Malick, What Happened Was
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R.I.P. Linda Manz
This teenage actress – from films such as Orphan Train (the first time I saw her), to Days of Heaven (her voiceover makes that film what it is), and Dennis Hopper’s nihilistic punk-rock scream Out of the Blue – is … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, RIP
Tagged Days of Heaven, Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Orphan Train, Out of the Blue, Terrence Malick
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Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2019
Thanks, everyone, who hangs out here, who likes what I do, whether you’re an Elvis fan, a Supernatural fan, a general cinephile, a book-lover, or just someone who’s been checking in periodically for 17 years – WHAT? – I appreciate … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, James Joyce, Movies, Television
Tagged Agnes Varda, animation, Anna Karina, backting, Badlands, Belfast, Bibi Andersson, Bob Dylan, Bong Joon-Ho, Canada, Charlotte Rampling, comedy, Dennis Hopper, documentary, Doris Day, drama, Dubliners, Elvis Presley, Emily Dickinson, Frank O'Hara, friends, Gaspar Noe, George Stevens, Gold Diggers of 1933, horror, Ireland, Jean Arthur, Joanna Hogg, Joe Berlinger, Joel McCrea, John Ford, Kristen Stewart, Leonardo DiCaprio, Linda Manz, Marlon Brando, Martin Scorsese, Mary Oliver, Matthias Schoenaerts, Myrna Loy, Nick Nolte, Nick Tosches, Nicolas Roeg, Out of the Blue, Paraguay, Paul Thomas Anderson, poetry, Poland, Present Tense, Robert Evans, Sandrine Bonnaire, sci-fi, Sophia Takal, Sucker Punch, Supernatural, Sylvia Plath, Terrence Malick, Tom Noonan, What Happened Was, William Powell, Willie Nelson, women directors, year in writing, Zac Efron
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For Film Comment: On Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life
I wrote about A Hidden Life, Terrence Malick’s stunning – and extremely Catholic – latest, for Film Comment. It opens this Friday. If you can, this one should be seen on the big screen. I know it’s not possible for … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Austria, drama, religious movies, reviews, Terrence Malick, WWII
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In Film Comment: On Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life
I wrote about Terrence Malick’s new film – the overwhelming A Hidden Life – for the new issue of Film Comment. Print only. On stands now! And you should certainly see the film.
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Tagged historical drama, religious movies, reviews, Terrence Malick, war, WWII
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September 2019 Viewing Diary
Satanic Panic (2019; d. Chelsea Stardust) Rebecca Romijn is reason enough to see this. My review at Ebert. A Hidden Life (2019; d. Terrence Malick) The new Terrence Malick film, about WWII conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter, a man from Austria, … Continue reading
For Criterion: “Love is Strange”: The Hot-Blooded Love Cry at the Cold Heart of Badlands
For Criterion’s “Songbook” column: I wrote about the use of Mickey & Sylvia’s “Love is Strange” in Terrence Malick’s Badlands: The Hot-Blooded Love Cry at the Cold Heart of Badlands.
Posted in Movies, Music
Tagged Badlands, drama, Martin Sheen, reviews, Sissy Spacek, Terrence Malick
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