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I’ve fallen into an old cliche with this project — the one where you make a New Years resolution, and stick with it really diligently for a month before falling back into old habits. I’m very behind on my moving watching and movie blogging! But I haven’t stopped entirely. Case in point: I recently watched…
I’ve been trying to go through this list more or less in order, but Kubrick’s “Barry Lyndon” represents my first big break with with that. It’s for a good reason, though: Yale’s “Treasures From the Yale Film Archive” series was screening a pristine 35mm print. How could I say no? This was my second time…
That last few years have seen a glut of movies and TV shows about class conflict and the vulgarity of wealth inequality. Just off the top of my head, there’s been “Knives Out,” “Squid Game,” “White Lotus,” “The Menu,” “Triangle of Sadness,” etc. Bong Joo-ho’s “Parasite” certainly wasn’t the first example of the trend —…
Tom Verlaine died a couple of weeks ago. He was the front man and lead guitarist for the legendary punk band Television. Their song “Marquee Moon” (from the album of the same name) is one of my all-time favorites: It’s a great song. Musically polyphonic, its guitars draw out jazzy, independent-and-interlocking riffs. Verlaine’s dreamlike lyrics…
This blog represents the longest stretch of time of far between watching a movie and writing my blog on it. I got sick a couple of weeks ago and lost my momentum, and, well, you know how it goes. So forgive me: My recollection may be a bit fuzzy. Anyway. Wong Kar-wai’s “Chungking Express” is…