A Single Man is an earnest story about a gay man genuinely in love with his partner and devastated by his death. It is based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood that was written …
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Reviews or essays covering topics not specific to one particular film.
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Interviews with and/or essays informed by interviews with artists, critics, and other academics.
Reviews of new films, dvd releases, film related books, and classic films of note.
Top 10, Favorite Discoveries, and Other Lists
Elizabeth Rambo and Peter Waldron join me to discuss Top 10 Lists (for the year and decade).
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OK, I admit it. I’m a sucker for the Coming-Of-Age film genre. Dating my movie history watching to movies like Stand By Me, the best Stephen King book adaptation if you ask me, I always …
I somehow managed to miss Peter Askin’s documentary, Trumbo, when it played at The Toronto International Film Festival and then again at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Having not heard strong buzz at either …
I don’t usually watch too many Westerns. It’s not that I have a problem with the genre, and I have in fact seen some that I really like. I’m thinking specifically of Red River and …
I never did attend film school or seminary, or design my own college major combining my two primary interests. And 25 years later, I’m not convinced Blood Simple is any more spiritually significant than any other noir-ish thriller that visits biblically proportioned consequences on the black hearts of its protagonists.
But God bless Cathleen Falsani for trying to convince me it is.
In sportscasting and sports betting terminology the word “chalk” denotes a team or program with a long history of success and that is thus a prohibitive favorite to emerge victorious over underdogs or dark horses. …
