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If you’ve ever owned this film on disc before, you probably have some of this material. But you love this film, so shush.
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RIP and Excelsior, Stan Lee
You will spend the rest of your life bumping into things that are in the world because of Stan Lee.
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BURT REYNOLDS (1936-2018)
What about Burt? Arguably the biggest moviestar of the 1970s, Burt Reynolds’ career had its ups and downs in the ’80s, ’90s and beyond, but we’re going straight to the good stuff for this episode with a look at Deliverance…
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ARETHA FRANKLIN (1942-2018)
The Queen of Soul passed away last month and we are here to talk about it. Who are we? D-E-A-T-H-W-A-T-C-H. Sing a song about it.
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Blu-ray Review: Criterion’s ANDREI RUBLEV Is A Stacked Disc
“Live between divine forgiveness and your own torment.” I had a fantastic time going through Criterion’s new blu-ray of Tarkovsky’s ANDREI RUBLEV, which somehow manages to be both dreary and enlightening at the same time.
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Blu-ray Review: An All-Time Great Party Scene Graces Criterion’s COLD WATER Blu-ray
“The plot isn’t much and neither are the characterizations, and it’s not until the second act that the film really kicks into gear, by abandoning plot and characterization altogether and jacking straight into adolescent phantasmagoria.”
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Deathwatch: SHINOBU HASHIMOTO (1918-2018)
This prolific screenwriter collaborated with Akira Kurosawa through the most fruitful period of that director’s career; accidentally helped birth STAR WARS; and with RASHOMON, may have permanently redefined the concept and structure of narrative itself. This month we look at…
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TIFF loves TIFFR
Very happy to get TIFF and TIFFR a little closer together for (their) tenth anniversary, as TIFF ’18 is about to begin! More here: https://www.tiff.net/the-review/we-love-tiffr/
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Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
My very first review for The Substream, reprinted here.
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ANTHONY BOURDAIN (1956-2018)
The news of Anthony Bourdain’s sudden death by suicide in June rolled across the world like a wave. The Deathwatch team dives into his work and holds up a life well lived.
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