As we work on the ninth film blurbed by the man in his "'Best Films' of 1951" piece, recently re-reprinted in the fabulous volume Farber on Film (number 8 is…
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For my friends in the tri-state area: My pal Mariah Balaban has honored me by requesting that I curate and introduce a selection for her new and delightful FIlm Club.…
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Well whaddya know—I kinda thought Avatar was the shit. It's me and Avatar all day today at The Auteurs'—first, I cast a cold eye on the pot-stirring nay-sayers in my…
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Actually, the art-celeb-spotting aspect of Jonas Mekas' Walden is maybe the least of its many magical qualities. But it ain't exactly negligible, either. Get this movie, man.
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It's true that Colin Firth does some of the finest acting of his career in A Single Man. Too bad that he does such fine acting in such an affected,…
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