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christian slater

Posted on 1/30/2011 by gio

damn

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watched. liked.

Posted on 12/9/2010 by gio

i would like to start a thread for movies we liked but may not be worth writing whole reviews about. i will start with Welcome, a Film Movement french movie about an iraqi boy who wants to get to england … 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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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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brideshead revisited, an education, and lorna’s silence

Posted on 10/17/2010 by gio

sadly, i haven’t read the evelyn waugh novel, but i gathered from the reviews of the eponymous 2008 movie that the gay theme is vastly heightened with respect to the novel, where it is only hinted at. yet, it is … Continue reading →

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sugar

Posted on 8/6/2010 by gio

sugar, directed by anna boden and ryan fleck (female director alert!!!!), is a feature film but could have been a documentary about the meat market that thrives on the dominican republic-US border and draws poor young men to the great … Continue reading →

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damages (+ nurse jackie)

Posted on 7/18/2010 by gio

simon and i have been watching damages and nurse jackie. the first two season of the former are available on dvd, so we basically gorged on them and absolutely loved them. the series is built like a long film broken … Continue reading →

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world cup post mortem

Posted on 7/13/2010 by gio

discuss.

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the messenger

Posted on 7/11/2010 by gio

the messenger is, as one expects, replete with back-at-home war movie clichés, but i found it extremely affecting nonetheless, mostly because it’s about tender feelings, confusion, and mildness rather than blown-up warrior hurt and over-the-top drama. woody harrelson and ben … Continue reading →

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an idea

Posted on 7/7/2010 by gio

so, mike and i are passionately active on goodreads (in our different ways — mike is a superstar). goodreads, if you losers don’t know what it is, is this website where people talk about books. the wonderful thing about it … Continue reading →

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