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Sympathy for Mr. Misanthropy: Greenberg
Noah Baumbach's last three films have tended to stir up the same debate: How much is any audience member willing to spend with characters who have very obvious unlikeable qualities? I admit myself that...
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Idealism in a Time of Extremism: The Human Condition
Throughout film history, many of society's social problems have been tackled by filmmakers, whether it be through protest, propaganda or more nuanced approaches. Writing about the lastdecadein film, I...
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When Action Movies Were Fun: The Good, The Bad, The Weird
We are a few days from the start of the summer movie season, in which, week after week, Hollywood will release potential blockbusters with budgets that well into nine figures. Even taking into account...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Bad Lieutenants
I recently watched Werner Herzog's not-quite-remake (more like a riff) of Abel Ferrara's "Bad Lieutenant" and then revisited the earlier film the following night. Originally planning to write about...
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Memories of the Turn of the Century in Film, Part IV: 2006/2007
The fourth part of this series about the 00's takes a precarious turn into the discussion of films while focusing on the years 2006 and 2007, which produced many films that were more than worthy of...
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The First Year Report...in 3D!
One year ago today, I started this blog. 45 posts later, I realize that I might have something worth continuing and never imagined the incredible support I would get from readers, as well as terrific...
View ArticleRazzle Dazzle: Fame Through Movies, Chapter 1: The Pitch
Here is the first part of a video essay series I was involved with (and was credited as a producer) for the Museum of the Moving Image. Hopefully, this, as well as some personal issues I will not get...
View ArticleRazzle Dazzle: Fame Through Movies, Chapter 2: The Hero
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View ArticleRazzle Dazzle: Fame Through Movies, Chapter 3: The Fraud
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View ArticleRazzle Dazzle: Fame Through Movies, Chapter 4: The Parasite
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I Close My Eyes, Then Drift Away: Inception
(WARNING: There will be SPOILERS!!!)Christopher Nolan's "Inception" is currently the internet film community's Rage du Jour. Continuing a battle over the merits of Nolan as a filmmaker that began two...
View ArticleRazzle Dazzle: Fame Through Movies, Chapter 5: The Maverick
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View ArticleRazzle Dazzle: Fame Through Movies, Chapter 6: The Takeaway
After a month of build-up, the chapter I cut for this series has finally been posted. Now, some of you have the answer to the question: Why the hell I was given producing credit on this series? I would...
View ArticleLock & Load: A Video Essay About Guns in Movies
As with the last video essay I cut, I will let this one speak for itself in terms of what it is expressing. It almost seems a bit overwhelming for this to come out so soon after "The Takeaway"...
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Rumors of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Yes, it has been nearly 5 months since my last post. If you couldn't tell by some of the job solicitation included with my last couple of video essays, finding paying editing gigs had become a major...
View ArticleMcCabe & Mrs. Miller: A Video Essay
Since we have such a slew of interesting new movies being released these days (please note I cannot write with the Sarcastica font), one of the new aspects on this blog will be video essays about...
View ArticleThe Prototype of Noir: Fritz Lang's M
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } I figured this blogathon needed a video essay, so here's something I whipped up to help a good cause. I look at how Fritz Lang's "M" is viewed as the prototype for the film...
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2010: A Review in Pictures
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Since Oscar Day seems like the last opportunity to wrap 2010 up, I figured I would at least offer a brief review of my own. As you can probably guess, I did not think 2010...
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Marriage is a State of Mind: Certified Copy
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Abbas Kiarostami's "Certified Copy" is not necessarily a puzzle film that expects you to decipher its meaning, as much as I believe, a film that states outright that...
View ArticleDog Day Afternoon: A Video Essay
I considered Sidney Lumet one of the great directors whose films shaped my sensibility when I was young and became interested in movies. So it was certainly a blow to me when he recently passed away. I...
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