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Story of a thought.
Yesterday, tired only in the way you can be after a night of free booze and wedding dancing, I sank deep into a plush couch until I could no longer move my arms enough to reach any one of the three remotes. Imagine little Randy in his bundles of winter coats rolling around helplessly in […]
When Woody Showed Me the Way: The Artist (2011)
July 15, 2012
The Artist, I decided, was a movie I must see in the theater. I needed to see the dynamic of grayscale and the charm of nostalgia on the big screen from an oversized high-back seat with giant arms and a spot for an equally oversized, overpriced soda. Marketing told me that this movie was a […]
Three Days, Three Movies
April 15, 2012
From Friday to Sunday, here are the three movies I ogled my eyes and heart upon: FRIDAY: The Descendants (2011), novel written by Kaui Hart Hemmings, directed by Alexander Payne Let’s not mention George Clooney’s dashing charm and fine-wine aging (oops) and instead praise him for a role where, really, he’s kind of pathetic. I like this […]
Review Thief: Higher Ground (2011)
January 22, 2012
Higher Ground marks actress Vera Farmiga’s 2011 directorial debut. The film stars Farmiga along with Dagmara Dominczyk, other strange-named ladies, and a few American-named gents. If you’ve never heard of the cast, then you know it must be extra special good. I recommend seeing this film for its dare to explore the complicated intricacies of […]
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, What?
January 8, 2012
This is a review of an adapted film by someone who has not read the book before nor the TV adaptations prior. In fewer words, this is a movie review of a movie. The movie: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy directed by Tomas Alfredson and based on the novel by former British spy John le Carré. […]
Over the Moon: A view of Hugo (2011)
December 8, 2011
When I learned of Martin Scorsese’s latest film, Hugo, I needed to know nothing more than the release date. It was only by accident that I discovered that the film is about a boy in an old Parisian train station who somehow connects with one of time’s earliest, real life filmmakers, Georges Méliés. We owe […]
Stealing Chaplin: “A Woman” (1915)
November 29, 2011
Tonight, I avenged all the times I had to sit in rickety old plastic chairs in cold classrooms and stare at the back of another student’s head while classic films played right before me. I consider those stolen times which implies that I can steal them back and really, I’m all for thievery. I hardly […]
50/50, a review.
October 1, 2011
Seth Rogen’s interview on The Daily Show last week convinced me to get to the theater and watch 50/50 starring Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Anna Kendrick, among others; three cheers for the power of PR. I was touched and intrigued by Rogen’s real-life connection to the story of a best friend diagnosed […]
Howl (2010): A Review In Like Form
September 7, 2011
My Whitman-inspired, Ginsberg-encouraged review of the 2010 film “Howl” centered around Allen Ginsberg’s poem by the same name. Read the poem by clicking here. I I saw a copy of the best of someone else’s generation on a Screen intent on spelling out facts, facts, facts, that insisted on telling us what it wanted to […]
Dear NYU Rejection Letter, I Forgive You
August 17, 2010
Thanks to Netflix instant play, hours of my life are spent organizing an endless queue of movies, browsing films I’ve never heard of, and then watching all of them. Not only do I not feel guilty about this, I actually feel accomplished. That’s one of the privileges of calling yourself a filmmaker and storyteller. It’s […]
October 14, 2012
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