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  • Zelig

    Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 03:45 in reviews

    None can escape the obligations of social interaction in our modern world; at a cocktail party, you must act appropriately, mingling and snatching pigs-in-a-blanket as they pass you by on a silver tray. Spending time with college friends will undoub...

  • Barton Fink

    Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 21:41 in reviews, barton fink

    The Coen Brothers’ 1991 film Barton Fink has been on my “to-do” list for quite some time, and finally I have gotten the chance to watch it. Famous both for its use of visual metaphor and Biblical and literary allusion, Barton Fink i...

  • Synecdoche, New York

    Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 22:02 in reviews

    “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players…they have their exits, and their entrances…” William Shakespeare’s famous line, from his play As You Like It, seems to be the existentialist wind t...

  • I Love You, Man

    Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 18:26 in reviews

    My distaste for the “stoner-slacker” genre of Judd Apatow’s flock is, admittedly, also tinged by a hint of interest and awe- a bunch of friends making Hollywood comedies together. That they give credit where credit is due (Bill Murr...

  • Frost/Nixon

    Posted on Sunday April 5th, 2009 at 21:06 in reviews, frost nixon, ron howard, michael sheen, frank langella, matthew macfayden

    The difficulties in capturing historical politics on-screen are numerous; accuracy is essential considering the film has little to do with “history” if it manipulates the facts or leans towards a particular political spectrum. So many fil...

  • Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai

    Posted on Saturday April 4th, 2009 at 23:54 in reviews

    Jim Jarmusch has a new movie coming out in May: The Limits of Control. It stars Isaac De Bankolé, a native Ivorian (from Cote de Ivoire), as a well-dressed assassin, and there could be no better preparation than to watch Ghost Dog, Jarmusch’s ...

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Enjoyed your choice of movies.

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