Joe Swanberg as Tim in LOL, Swanberg, Bewersdorf, Wells, 2006I: Apologia Why Swanberg? Why now? Blame it on my snark. In January, in the midst of some armchair commentary on…
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Rogers and screen family strike it oil rich in They Had To See Paris, Frank Borzage, 1930You want to talk movies, you say? Well. How about some old movies, huh?…
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Barbara Loden in her Wanda, 1970The word "maverick" has come in for a lot of ridicule in recent months, for reasons we a loathe to reiterate here, so in a…
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Thinking about Hawks for my contribution to the "Early Hawks Blogathon," it was the reflection from the late work which helped determine my subject in treating the early work. And…
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My friend Aaron Aradillas writes: I saw Gran Torino last night and was wondering if you were thinking of creating a thread on your blog so it can be talked about, spoilers and…
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Anna Karina, the back of Howard Vernon, Laszlo Szabo, Alphaville, Jean-Luc Godard, 1965First things first: you should check out the official version of this story, at the fabulous Auteurs website. The…
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