Monthly Archives: May 2006

the leopard

Posted on 5/9/2006 by gio

i have never quite liked classic italian cinema — fellini, visconti, rossellini, de sica, you name ‘em. i don’t think there’s a lot of people in italy who like them, but i may be generalizing what is the case in … Continue reading →

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Friends with Money

Posted on 5/8/2006 by gio

This is intensely personal. Friends with Money is the first film I have seen in the theatre since the end of February. Since the janitors’ strike started (and gloriously ended) at the University of Miami, I have thought about nothing … Continue reading →

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Eggleston

Posted on 5/6/2006 by reynolds

Michael Almereyda’s wonderful documentary William Eggleston in the Real World spends a lot of time noodling around about subjects Eggleston himself, in the closing conversation, professes to neither understand nor much fret about: what do [his] photographs do? How do … Continue reading →

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overrated great films

Posted on 5/3/2006 by arnab

picking up from the comments in the the passenger discussion. many years ago most of us were involved in an email exchange listing our top 10 most over and under-rated movies. i admit to having placed some films on my … Continue reading →

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Phil Hendrie, R.I.P.

Posted on 5/3/2006 by michael

This message pertains to radio, perhaps a forbidden topic on this visually oriented blog. But I had to take a moment to note the passing of the Phil Hendrie show whose last broadcast will be June 23rd 2006. to my … Continue reading →

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Cruise Avoidance

Posted on 5/3/2006 by jeff

Yes, I too love J. J. Abrams (as does the couch jumping, thetan hating, “South Park” censoring, media annoyance that is Tom Cruise) and will probably see the film, but I’m with Andrew Sullivan on this one: boycotting Tom Cruise … Continue reading →

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Score One for Truthiness

Posted on 5/2/2006 by jeff

Has anybody watched this!

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The Passenger (1975)

Posted on 5/1/2006 by mauer

How I love thee – let me count the ways. I enjoyed this film so much more than Blow-Up, which I recently re-watched (though I hardly dislike Blow-Up, just in comparison). That last scene; the camera somehow leaving the bars … Continue reading →

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