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Screenings: Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)

January 10th, 2018 · No Comments

watched Jan 10, 2018spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 6.6[DVD] This film had a symmetry that I liked, and Clair’s uses of sound were creative, even considering that stretches of the film are basically silent. The print on the Criterion DVD I watched was pretty scratchy and damaged; I have clearly gotten spoiled by their recent […]

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Screenings: Eyes Without a Face (1960)

January 6th, 2018 · No Comments

watched Jan 6, 2018spitballarmy’s review published in Letterboxd: 8.7[blu-ray] Creepy as all get out. I had just watched Franju’s BLOOD OF THE BEASTS, which had my stomach doing backflips, and, when the doctor pulled out his scalpel here, I thought, “Here we go again!” Interesting that certain of this film’s thematic elements and devices can […]

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Screenings: Blood of the Beasts (1949)

January 6th, 2018 · No Comments

watched Jan 6, 2018spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 9.0[blu-ray] The idyllic outskirts of Paris are juxtaposed with the adjacent slaughterhouses, where horses and cattle are taken to be systematically dismembered and distributed throughout the community (for example, the narrator states, “the fatty scraps will be collected by nuns,” and we are left to wonder for […]

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Screenings: Brad’s Status (2017)

January 4th, 2018 · No Comments

watched Jan 04, 2018spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 9.1[blu-ray, Netflix] I found practically everything about this to be note-perfect, from the relentless self-examination of the main character, to the clear-eyed portrayal of head-on idealism among college students, the duelling side effects of privilege (while it may get you the best table in a restaurant, it […]

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Screenings: Clarence (2015)

January 3rd, 2018 · No Comments

watched Jan 03, 2018

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Screenings: Ingrid Goes West (2017)

January 3rd, 2018 · No Comments

watched Jan 03, 2018

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Screenings: Million Dollar Legs (1932)

January 2nd, 2018 · No Comments

watched Jan 02, 2018

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Screenings: Lady Bird (2017)

January 2nd, 2018 · No Comments

watched Jan 02, 2018

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Screenings: All the Money in the World (2017)

January 2nd, 2018 · No Comments

watched Jan 02, 2018

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Screenings: My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)

January 1st, 2018 · No Comments

watched Jan 01, 2018

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