40 IS a bitch. Man, don’t I know it! I think it was Martin Amis who said—and I’m paraphrasing here—that turning 40 is the most fucked up thing ever for…
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There's a leitmotif about sexuality (among other things) running through Sofia Coppola's new film Somewhere that's both mordantly funny and a bit disquieting; a little sinister even. As you know…
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You tell me I missed the most interesting part But I think I found the most interesting part: An unheralded departure by extinguished torchlight Whose decorative patina Is everything to…
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One of the interesting things about writing for a larger, more mainstream audience, as I have been doing, and quite happily at that, for MSN Movies, is the feedback you…
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...oh, no, wait, it's the aforementioned. That is, Frank Tashlin's Susan Slept Here, 1954. A weird one, not just because of the whole "she's-seventeen-years-old" thing. Obviously. Not major Tashlin, but…
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I have some thoughts on the greatness of the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, whose work is getting highlighted in a welcome and innovative retrospective at Film Forum, for The Daily…
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