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“Hence, the Benedict Chronicles…” The Lakeview is closing, or so we were told; and so the Mod Squad (minus D-To) reassembled, like broken Avengers action figures, in the cold white light of winter to avail ourselves of a final omelette.…
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Diamond slot formation
I’ve no idea if the BBC’s adaptation of His Dark Materials got a substantial injection of budget for its third (and final) season. The series is suddenly able to commit to visuals that were frustratingly missing or inconsistent in the…
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The Matineecast, Episode 300 – Mental Health and Film
I was a guest on the 300th episode of Ryan McNeil’s podcast to discuss mental health in film. I chose The Neverending Story, because of course I did.
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You aren’t the audience for your favourite thing
Here’s something that occurred to me while watching Willow, which improved marginally since the last time I wrote about it (but still had some pretty incredible errors in judgment, stylewise): it was never meant for me. It’s pretty revolutionary for…
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Some basic rules for scheduling
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30 days of
January, man. Always a disaster. Just pulls the life right out of you, day by day and hour by hour, at a time when you didn’t have much life to put into the thing to begin with. Dim sunrise that…
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Blu-ray Review: BERGMAN ISLAND, Mia Hansen-Løve Muses on Muses
I think I liked it even more the second time. My review of Criterion’s new blu-ray of BERGMAN ISLAND, on Screen Anarchy, is live!
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The Crimes of Skywalker
I went to see Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker when it came out — too many times. I had social commitments I couldn’t reneg without feeling weird about it; plus, that overall sense that even bad Star Wars is…
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2022
The year the pandemic finally got me. The year I finally got out of the country. The year I took refuge. The year I found my white whale. The year I saw the sun set on the Nile. The year…
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