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Entries from May 2014

Screenings: Sudden Fear (1952)

May 31st, 2014 · No Comments

Hard to believe that a normal woman like Joan Crawford would fall for such an obvious creep as Jack Palance. Oh. Right.

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Ticket Stubs: Birmingham Barons game 053014

May 30th, 2014 · No Comments

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the lingering sounds of shoes shuffling on hardwoods

May 28th, 2014 · No Comments

Nearly every band that played at our San Diego high school dances in the mid-’70s tried their hand at Steely Dan’s “My Old School.” Everyone would scream and holler when the song began because, well, it was about OUR school, of course (why not, right?), and we were either willfully ignoring the fact that one-half […]

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Screenings: Submarine (2010)

May 27th, 2014 · No Comments

Director Richard Ayoade seems very fond of the films of Wes Anderson.

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Postcard: The Lansdowne Herakles

May 26th, 2014 · No Comments

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Screenings: Killer of Sheep (1977)

May 22nd, 2014 · No Comments

Fictional, but feels like 30 CNFtweets strung together by a master lyricist. The Earth, Wind & Fire “Reasons” scene rules.

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Screenings: Christo in Paris (1990)

May 22nd, 2014 · No Comments

Best of the Maysles’ Christo documentaries, in terms of providing background on the artist’s history and project politics.

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Screenings: Only God Forgives (2013)

May 21st, 2014 · No Comments

Supremely violent, moody and plodding, with a sound mix borrowed from David Lynch. Also has a karaoke whorehouse.

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Postcard: St. Timothy’s Chapel

May 19th, 2014 · No Comments

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Screenings: 1900 (1976)

May 17th, 2014 · No Comments

Bertolucci’s 1900 (1976) has frequently stunning visuals and can be operatic in its staging, but no movie should be this long. My bum hurts. I nearly shrieked in my own living room this morning as I watched Donald Sutherland head-butt a kitty-cat to death. It only took one furiously powerful slam with the crown of […]

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