August 24, 2017

BRIGSBY BEAR: AN UNLIKELY SAVIOR

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If you missed the movingly sweet indie film “Brigsby Bear,” you are not alone. My theater cancelled their scheduled weekend showings after a...
August 22, 2017

LETHAL LADIES STEP OUT AND STEP UP

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“Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.” Elvis Presley If there are antidotes to Charlottesville, one may be “Step,” the new documentary...
August 9, 2017

A GHOST STORY: A MEDITATION ON TIME, REMEMBRANCE AND LOSS

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What is time but loss? Loss of youth, of companionship. The process of becoming and of declining. David Lowery’s “A Ghost Story” is about t...

MAUDIE: A FOLK PAINTER INSPIRES A POIGNANT LOVE STORY

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Though there are many good biopics and films based-on-a-true-story (and many bad ones), I have long maintained that it is almost impossible...
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April 21, 2017

“LAND OF MINE”: THE ALLIES' REVENGE

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“All wars are waged against children.” Eglantyne Jebb, British social reformer and author of “Declaration of the Rights of the Child” (1876...
February 21, 2017

A QUEST FOR POETRY: JIM JARMUSCH'S "PATERSON"

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“Inspiration is for amateurs – the rest of us just show up and get to work.”                 ~~Chuck Close “Oh bless the continuous s...
December 16, 2016

AN EDDYING, ABSURDIST MELTING POT: THE FILMS OF JIM JARMUSCH

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"Passing through, passing through. Sometimes happy, sometimes blue. Glad that I ran into you. Tell the people that you saw me passin...
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