June Thomas: I kinda hated it. And then…I…went home, I read A.O. Scott’s review in the Times, I saw the comments, that were so…A.O. Scott gave it an absolute…what would…
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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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The Sound of Music, Robert Wise, 1965 Some know-somethingish drip over at Slant tried to take a contrarian or counter-intuitive or whatever the hell they call it "take" on the…
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Readers of John O'Hara's Appointment in Samarra will remember a curious scene near the end where the hero, Julian English, drinks an enormous highball from a flower-vase and plays his…
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"It's not a movie that's very generous to its audience," My Lovely Wife observed when we discussed Olivier Assayas' 2002 film demonlover after it screened at the BAM Cinematek last…
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Who was the last completely unself-conscious American exploitation filmmaker who was any good? As in, who turned out to be a genuine artist but couldn't really be said to have…
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