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Entries from June 2014

Screenings: Twixt (2011)

June 7th, 2014 · No Comments

Francis Coppola continues his experiments with non-linear narrative, color and symbolism. Enjoyable, if obtuse, horror tale.

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a cinematic requirement for living

June 7th, 2014 · No Comments

Someone walked by me yesterday and laughed aloud to herself, clearly amused at her own thought which she proceeded to share with me. “Have you ever seen that movie Drop Dead Fred?” she asked, chuckling, so apparently proud of having made the connection between my name and a film of dubious quality. “No” was my […]

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Tags: film · My Eye

Screenings: Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

June 6th, 2014 · No Comments

John Ford’s epic, stretched so three-hours thin that Alex North’s bombastic score bludgeons holes right through it.

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My South: A is for abbreviations

June 4th, 2014 · 3 Comments

The letter A could – and does – stand for so many things. Perhaps this is because its position at the head of the alphabet lends to its overuse by the lazy and unadventurous. In the greater Birmingham area, this denominating slothfulness is on horrifying display in the Yellow Pages, where the clumping of A’s […]

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Screenings: The Sea Inside (2004)

June 4th, 2014 · No Comments

Aims to portray poetry in death and succeeds. Javier Bardem fascinating, as always. Perfect companion to The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

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Screenings: Decoy (1946)

June 3rd, 2014 · No Comments

Everything about this L.A. noir is so over the top, it nearly exists in its own genre universe. Let’s call it “camp noir.” A femme fatale with a stately British accent; a character named Jojo; a mystery drug that revives gassed convicts to life. Nurse: Why don’t you talk to me anymore? Aren’t you listening? […]

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Postcard: Black Necked Swan

June 2nd, 2014 · No Comments

Card is untitled on the front.

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