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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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Make Your Kid a TIFF Kids Kid this March Break
Once per calendar year, I get pulled off the bench and allowed to write something for our web site. This year, I picked the TIFF Kids films I’m most looking forward to!
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Deathwatch: OSCARS DEATH MONTAGE 2018 (Patreon Subscriber Exclusive!)
This is fun and new: we made a subscriber-exclusive episode! Since coming up with Deathwatch in the first place I’ve been looking forward to taking a bonus-sized look at this year’s In Memoriam montage from the Academy Awards. Subscribe to…
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Deathwatch: JERRY LEWIS (1926-2017)
GLAVIN! Jerry Lewis is dead! Did laughter die with him? Matt Brown tackles Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy and Matt Price looks at The Bellboy and The Ladies Man, and many horrible impressions are exchanged.
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Blu-ray Review: In AN ACTOR’S REVENGE, a Female Impersonator Walks Home Alone At Night
Made right in the middle of the most fertile period in the career of director Kon Ichikawa (The Burmese Harp, Tokyo Olympiad), An Actor’s Revenge joins the Criterion Collection this week as spine #912. It’s a drab tale of melodrama…
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MICHAEL BALLHAUS (1935-2017)
A longtime collaborator with Rainier Werner Fassbinder and Martin Scorsese, Michael Ballaus passed away in 2017 leaving a legacy of great cinematography. We dig into THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and THE HOUSE ON CARROLL STREET as an entry point…
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Rey Before Rey: Padmé Is the Protagonist of THE PHANTOM MENACE
Among many things, one area where The Phantom Menace falls behind the other Star Wars films is its lack of a clear hero’s journey, driving the narrative as Luke’s drives Star Wars and Rey’s drives The Force Awakens. Fans like myself have debated Episode I’s…
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