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Made in 1967, Hu’s wuxia thriller hits the Criterion Collection this week at spine #937. The film has been restored in 4K. Colour in the outdoor scenes is stunning: the scorched electric blues of the sky against the mountains, or…
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Deathwatch: ANNE V. COATES (1925-2018)
Wanna start a fight with a cinephile? Ask whether the match cut (which is NOT a match cut) from Lawrence of Arabia, or the bone cut from 2001: A Space Odyssey, is the greatest single edit of all time. Regardless,…
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Blu-ray Review: Time, Memory, and Parents Confound in Victor Erice’s EL SUR
“Voiceover narration from Estrella as an adult — a woman piecing together things she half-understood as a child — gives the film the aura of a Michael Ondaatje novel. Estrella’s father Agustin, played with careworn rebelliousness by Italian actor Omero…
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Blu-ray Review: A double dose of Cristian Mungiu’s New Romanian Cinema comes to the Criterion Collection
Beautifully photographed in austere but nimble long takes that pierce the daily goings-on of the monastery, Beyond the Hills is something of a revelation to me. It locates its story in a community of women by focusing on the fraught relationship between…
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I am enjoying the CRAP out of my Patreon.
The tiers are more expensive than anyone will ever pay (at least, at a monthly subscription rate) and I’m quite disappointed no one went in for “Barbossa’s Daughter,” but having a Patreon page that almost no one supports is still…
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Deathwatch: ISAO TAKAHATA (1935-2018)
Co-founder of Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata passed away last month having directed far less features than his better-known (over here anyway) counterpart, Hayao Miyazaki. But here’s the little secret: every one of Takahata’s films (of which we look at Grave…
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All the Young Dudes: SOLO and the Plight of the Prequel
Happy Star Wars Day! I wrote a small piece of this. I think you can imagine which piece. Read it here: https://www.tiff.net/the-review/solo-and-the-plight-of-the-prequel/
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Deathwatch: ROGER EBERT (1942-2013)
Mamo road trip! Except this time it’s a Deathwatch road trip! The Deathwatch team hits the road to the 20th annual Ebertfest to discuss the life and career of film critic (and, at least once, film writer) Roger Ebert.
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Deathwatch: JOHN MAHONEY (1940-2018)
One of many people who have proven that you’re never too old to follow your passion, John Mahoney started acting in his late thirties and became one of the most beloved character actors (and sitcom dads) in America. For our…
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Blu-ray Review: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, Scorsese’s Finest, a Transcendent Piece of Mannered Savagery
The film has remained my favourite of Scorsese’s work since its debut a quarter-century ago, a transcendent piece of mannered savagery whose wars of unspoken words land as brutally as the bullets of Goodfellas and the fists of Raging Bull. Read more: http://screenanarchy.com/2018/03/blu-ray-review-the-age-of-innocence-scorseses-finest.html
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