Day 2: Telluride Tries to Survive Life During Wartime
This is the second in a series of reports from the Telluride Film Festival. The event customarily held over the Labor Day weekend returned for its 36th season September 4-7. Coverage will include a...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Life During Wartime — The Criterion Collection
The Film Todd Solondz doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to his depictions of the idiosyncrasies and shameful secrets of middle-class Americans. He steps way beyond the line that most filmmakers...
View ArticleMovie Review: Storytelling
In music it’s very common for artists to provide answers to criticism in the form of a song. It’s called a “diss track” or “diss song.” In movies it’s much harder to do that, because movies generally...
View ArticleDay 2: Telluride Tries to Survive Life During Wartime
This is the second in a series of reports from the Telluride Film Festival. The event customarily held over the Labor Day weekend returned for its 36th season September 4-7. Coverage will include a...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Life During Wartime — The Criterion Collection
The Film Todd Solondz doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to his depictions of the idiosyncrasies and shameful secrets of middle-class Americans. He steps way beyond the line that most filmmakers...
View ArticleMovie Review: Storytelling
In music it’s very common for artists to provide answers to criticism in the form of a song. It’s called a “diss track” or “diss song.” In movies it’s much harder to do that, because movies generally...
View ArticleBy: Eric Berlin
Fantastic job on this review, Dale — expertly put together. It’s interesting to witness how hard it is to achieve what someone like Payne achieves… and how difficult it is to pull off.
View ArticleBy: Alan Dale
Thanks, Eric. Having reread Northrop Frye’s Anatomy of Criticism, I’ve become obsessed with idea of irony as a genre rather than merely an attitude. It seems like it’s all around us but people just...
View ArticleBy: Eric Berlin
I’m always reminded of an episode of The Simpsons when the topic of irony comes up: Bully #1: Are you being ironic? Bully #2: I don’t even know anymore.
View ArticleBy: Alan Dale
The safe answer for almost anybody is, “Yes, of course.” Except maybe Sean Penn or Tim Robbins, but thinking about them gives me brain-gas so I won’t even mention them.
View ArticleDay 2: Telluride Tries to Survive Life During Wartime
This is the second in a series of reports from the Telluride Film Festival. The event customarily held over the Labor Day weekend returned for its 36th season September 4-7. Coverage will include a...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Life During Wartime — The Criterion Collection
The Film Todd Solondz doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to his depictions of the idiosyncrasies and shameful secrets of middle-class Americans. He steps way beyond the line that most filmmakers...
View ArticleMovie Review: Storytelling
In music it’s very common for artists to provide answers to criticism in the form of a song. It’s called a “diss track” or “diss song.” In movies it’s much harder to do that, because movies generally...
View ArticleDay 2: Telluride Tries to Survive Life During Wartime
This is the second in a series of reports from the Telluride Film Festival. The event customarily held over the Labor Day weekend returned for its 36th season September 4-7. Coverage will include a...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Life During Wartime — The Criterion Collection
The Film Todd Solondz doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to his depictions of the idiosyncrasies and shameful secrets of middle-class Americans. He steps way beyond the line that most filmmakers...
View ArticleMovie Review: Storytelling
In music it’s very common for artists to provide answers to criticism in the form of a song. It’s called a “diss track” or “diss song.” In movies it’s much harder to do that, because movies generally...
View ArticleDay 2: Telluride Tries to Survive Life During Wartime
This is the second in a series of reports from the Telluride Film Festival. The event customarily held over the Labor Day weekend returned for its 36th season September 4-7. Coverage will include a...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Life During Wartime — The Criterion Collection
The Film Todd Solondz doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to his depictions of the idiosyncrasies and shameful secrets of middle-class Americans. He steps way beyond the line that most filmmakers...
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