Category Archives: favorite films

Joe Dante

Posted on 6/21/2007 by reynolds

I’m a fan. I’m not sure any of Dante’s movies completely, totally crystallize — they’re almost all burdened with strange mismatches of tone and the constraints of either too small a budget or too much studio interference . . . … Continue reading →

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Tideland

Posted on 3/2/2007 by mauer

I’m writing this only because it’s the first film I’ve felt very strongly about in a long time, and because it’s so much better than another much-talked about film to which it can be easily compared. First off, my love … Continue reading →

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Guy Maddin’s Cowards Bend the Knee

Posted on 10/20/2006 by mauer

Guy Maddin’s been talked about on the blog here , and michael at least had talked about getting some of his movies over Netflix, which hopefully he has. This one was made the same year as his amputee beer baron … Continue reading →

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Cowboy sex

Posted on 12/12/2005 by jeff

Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain is a work of art—a lean, spare, unsentimental film suffused with loneliness and longing. That being said, I think the American public will ignore this plaintive love story. Though the Wyoming landscape is gorgeous to look … Continue reading →

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2005 Thus Far

Posted on 7/18/2005 by jeff

Thinking about the best films of 2005 (released domestically thus far) and I’m stymied by the sheer mediocrity of most everything I’ve seen. I can think of one film I hope will be on my list at the end of … Continue reading →

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Peckinpah unbound

Posted on 4/10/2005 by john

“Major Dundee” has gotten the “restored” treatment. Fat chance this thing comes to Charleston, so I’ll wait for the DVD. But please, please, somebody on this blog go see this in the theater (is Michael the only person who would … Continue reading →

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favorite scorcese films

Posted on 3/25/2005 by arnab

i’ll say for the last time: i don’t dislike “after hours”; i would just put these films above it: “king of comedy”–my favorite scorcese “taxi driver” “raging bull” “mean streets” “gangs of new york”–pete, sunhee and i saw this together … Continue reading →

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