Monthly Archives: November 2010

Tropes and Memes

Posted on 11/26/2010 by Chris

Can someone help me out with the difference between tropes and memes, perhaps with examples of each? I’ve been having these interesting conversations with my older son about Internet-based, popular culture memes. A lot of what he describes as memes, … Continue reading →

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omg The Maid (chile)

Posted on 11/25/2010 by gio

opening scene. raquel, a youngish-looking maid in a wealthy chilean household, is thrown an after-dinner birthday party by the family she has been serving for 20 years. turns out it’s her 40th birthday. you do the math. twenty years? 40 … Continue reading →

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Crime stories, sort of

Posted on 11/18/2010 by reynolds

I’d recommend three recently-watched films, each of which plays with the structure and function of crime narratives in ways that intriguingly reframe the romanticization common to the genre. All are good, but I’ll start with the least successful and work … Continue reading →

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Who Gives a F@&! About the Morgans?

Posted on 11/14/2010 by john

Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009). What a shittily shitty piece of absolute shite. I could stop there, but I want to say a few words about the film that could have been, the film that might have been … Continue reading →

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ajami

Posted on 11/6/2010 by gio

quick plug for Ajami, the israeli/palestinian film that was nominated for an oscar last year. it takes place in the eponymous section of jaffa, where christians and muslims live uneasily together. the tension, though, is not so much between christians … Continue reading →

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