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Classic Film Review: The Duke, Quakers and the Original “Angel and the Badman” (1947)
John Wayne was on the cusp of his career peak when he struck off on his own and produced and starred in “Angel and the Badman,” a project written and directed by James Edward Grant, who’d become Wayne’s confidante and … Continue reading
Documentary Review: The Long Struggle to “Free Leonard Peltier”
“Free Leonard Peltier” is about the half-century-long struggle to get Native American activist Leonard Peltier out of prison. Peltier, accused of murdering two F.B.I. agents during the Federal government’s intervention in a Native “civil war” at the Pine Ridge Indian … Continue reading
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Tagged aim, books, fbi-misconduct, history, native-american-rights, racism, writing
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Movie Review: “Above the Line” and Far Below Par
It’s a movie about Hollywood and the dirty dealing it often takes to “get to the top” or even “get a break.” But it’s hard to muster up any enthusiasm for the stumblebums in the plot, or behind the camera … Continue reading
Movie Review: Son learns Extremist Politics from his Daddy via “The Militia”
I can’t speak for all critics, but “character arc” is not somthing I spend a lot of time musing over when evaluating a movie. The heroine’s or hero’s journey is a given, usually predictable but a necessary component of compelling … Continue reading
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Tagged constitutionalists, fascism-on-film, militia-movement, missouri-politics, rural-sheriffs, writing
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Documentary Review: Cleaning up the Ocean, One Butt at a Time — “The Cigarette Surfboard”
“The Cigarette Surfboard” is an upbeat travelogue documentary and surf picture about surfers turning into activists for cleaner oceans, and the power of ADHD creatives. Surfer and industrial designer Taylor Lane is the subject of the film, a Santa Cruz … Continue reading
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Tagged british-sewage-reform, british-surfing, fiction, fiji, irish-surfing, ocean-litter, surfing, travel, writing
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Movie Review: Godawful Gal can’t get “The Runner” up to Speed
The star is generally too easy a target when you’re looking for the ways a movie goes wrong. So if we’re cutting Gal Gadot any slack at all for the debacle that “The Runner” turned out to be, let’s zero … Continue reading
Series Redux — “Saturday Night Live,” the First Season
I’ve been thinking a lot of late about Martin Short’s assertion — in Lawrence Kasdan’s “Life is Short” documentary — that “80 percent of comedy” fails, and the fact that he wasn’t talking just about his own efforts in landing … Continue reading
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Netflixable? DeNiro, Monaghan and Scott need answers from “The Whisper Man”
Crackling performances and a twisty plot that mixes melodrama with suspense recommend “The Whisper Man,” a new thriller based on an Alex North novel. It’s “Silence of the Lambs” paying homage to “The Slender Man,” a tale of fathers and … Continue reading
Classic Film Review: Cocteau Kink? “Les parents terribles — The Terrible Parents,” aka “The Storm Within”(1948)
One of the most praised French films of its day, Jean Cocteau’s 1948 dark comedy “Les parents terribles” still summons a chuckle or two and a cineaste’s appreciation of its compact, concentrated mise en scene-focused compositions, cinematography and editing. Its … Continue reading
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Tagged books, cocteau, film, film-criticism, literature, paris, postwar-french-cinema, welles, writing
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Classic Film Review: A Brit DJ with a Dead Brother hears the Birth of New Wave — Turn Your “Radio On”
“Radio On” is an archetypal ’60s “art film” mystery drama released on the cusp of the New Wave ’80s. The tone is downbeat, the story and performances are minimalist and the narrative is literally driven by a 1960 Rover 80 … Continue reading
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