There have been a few very kind, and yes, very encouraging words directed my way in varied comments threads recently, and as I'm a bit too shagged at the moment…
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I'd like to think of Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler as a kind of grand metaphor for America, a bankrupt and exhausted old culture, coasting to the finish line on the…
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Too late to be more than 50% useful to anyone, here's my World Cinema Showcase preview: As summer gives way to autumn, and Daylight Saving Time gently releases its grip…
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Serge Renko and Cecile Cassel, The Romance of Astrea and Celadon, Rohmer, 2007 Since I don't entirely trust Koch Lorber products (and have also lost touch with the publicist who…
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Wade Crosby as Danton, Richard Baseheart as Robespierre; Reign of Terror, Anthony Mann, 1949 Wojciech Pszoniak as Robespierre, Gerard Depardieu as Danton; Danton, Anrzej Wajda, 1983Two versions, two visions. Mann's…
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