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House of Mirth and Movies
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One girl's look at cinema now and before.
- Author: Justine Smith
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I was famous in 1979… so I was in the Muppet Movie
I can’t pin down all the names, so join in if you can! ? James Coburn Telly Savalas Carol Kane Madeline Kahn ? Charles Durning Big Bird Elliot Gould Bob Hope Richard Pryor Steve Martin Mel Brooks Cloris Leachman Orson Welles I th...
49. Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran, 2006)
Lady Chatterley is a woman who discovered a sex at a young age, but never quite understood what the whole hubbub was about. She married a soldier, who is injured in the war and rendered impotent. As the years go by, she finds her lust and yearning f...
50. Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli, 2009)
Paranormal Activity is a cinematic phenomenon that seems both an extension and a departure from The Blair Witch Project. It employs the similar technique of supposedly found footage, but it also reflects a society that is entranced even deeper in th...
The Beginning of the End of the Beginning of a List of the End of the Decade
The 2000s were an important decade in my development as a film fan. It was the decade of my adolescence, my graduation from high school and my eventual ascension to secondary education. It was the decade I discovered cinema… That being said, my...
The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)
If Mother Joan of the Angels is an almost serene portrait of possession and adoration, Ken Russell’s The Devils is the frenzied and fevered religious vision of a mad man. Gone are the bare and modest sets, the quiet introspection and restrained ...
Infield Quiz… time
Infield QUIZ TIME 1) Second-favorite Coen Brothers movie. A Serious Man, though with time and a few more viewings it could be my favourite. 2) Movie seen only on home format that you would pay to see on the biggest movie screen possible? (Question s...
