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Sight & Sound Challenge #45 (tie): “Barry Lyndon” (1975)

Posted on March 5, 2023March 5, 2023 by Peter

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…

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Sight & Sound Challenge #90 (tie) “Parasite” (2019)

Posted on March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 by Peter

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 —…

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Sight & Sound Challenge #90 (tie) “Yi Yi” (2000)

Posted on February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 by Peter

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…

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Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Faye Wong in Chungking Express

Sight & Sound Challenge #88 (tie): “Chungking Express” (1994)

Posted on February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 by Peter

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…

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Masayuki Mori and Kinuyo Tanaka in Ugetsu

Sight & Sound Challenge #90 (tie): “Ugetsu Monogatari” (1953)

Posted on February 4, 2023February 4, 2023 by Peter

How far would you go for success? How far is too far? In Kenji Mizoguchi’s “Ugestsu,” two families in feudal Japan are destroyed by the greed and ambition of man — with women paying the true price. With the countryside gripped by civil war, rural villagers Genjūrō and Miyagi manage to make a tidy sum…

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