James McAvoy, no longer "ordinary and pathetic," in Wanted. I understand one usually has to wait for the third occurrence of something in order to speculate about that something becoming…
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There's a perception out there that critics in general, and film critics in particular, are a herd of snooty, pinkie-in-the-air, latte and/or martini swilling elitists who enjoy nothing better than…
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Let it never be said that I am the sole member of the Kenny household who gets wound up over certain movie writers/writing. Somehow, My Lovely Wife has gotten herself…
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Rivette's Histoire de Marie et Julien: not even nominated, most likely. Let's begin with a fundamental fact: lists are bullshit. Lists are such blatant bullshit that any magazine person will…
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Phillippe Loyrette recites the work of "the James Dean of French fascism" in Godard's Eloge de l'amour, 2001. The first mention of Bobert Bressilach in Richard Brody’s near-exhaustive Everything is…
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