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Following upon my Best Films of 2017 list, here’s everything else worth noting about what was a rather terrific year at the movies.
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Why Rey
“I didn’t know there was this much green in the whole galaxy.” I take inordinate ownership of Rey. Not ownership in the “I made her” sense, but rather, in that she is my representative in the Star Wars universe. I don’t know if…
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Deathwatch: HUGH HEFNER (1926-2017)
Our first NSFW episode? We look at the life, career and impact of Hugh Hefner, who brought Playboy into the world and permanently altered Western society’s conception of women.
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Blu-ray Review: Landmark Lesbian Drama DESERT HEARTS Looks Tremendous and Feels Almost as Good
Donna Deitch’s 1985 film sees two women falling in love against a breathtaking Nevada landscape.
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On the art of missing BLADE RUNNER 2
I decided pretty early on that I wouldn’t be going to see Blade Runner 2049, long before it was called that, or before Denis Villeneuve was announced to direct it (certainly, one of my “must see” filmmakers in this decade), or…
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Deathwatch: HARRY DEAN STANTON (1926-2017)
Welcome to Deathwatch! Every month, as one of the legends of pop culture passes away, we’ll have a look back at two films from his or her career, and place it in the context of the career as a whole.
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10+ Years Later: THE GOLDEN COMPASS, a Failed Footnote in Fantasy Adaptations
I’m reading La Belle Sauvage this week and I’m happy as a clam, and the timing feels right to tear (yet another) strip off The Golden Compass, which was an abjectly terrible adaptation of (my favourite) book.
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Blu-ray Review: Musical Man-Eating Mermaids in Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s THE LURE
Polish horror-musical repatriates The Little Mermaid by way of feminist carnage.
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Blu-ray Review: Kelly Reichardt’s CERTAIN WOMEN Joins the Criterion Collection
This rewarding trio of stories bring out the best in four great actresses.
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Blu-ray Review: Mike Leigh’s MEANTIME, A Well-Timed Criterion Release
The 1984 TV-movie is better than half the prestige TV in your Netflix queue.
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