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Blogging “Django Unchained” (The Tennessee Chapters)
Part 1 is here.
• In some sheltered rocky campsite on the road to Tennessee, Dr. Schultz is taking his clothes down from a laundry...
Pooh Lightness
Well, here’s an unfortunate case of hitting the marketplace at the wrong time. No doubt the folks at Disney thought they’d counter-program by putting...
Film Shorts
Opening
Aloft (R) Jennifer Connelly stars in this drama as a woman who encounters the son (Cillian Murphy) whom she abandoned 20 years before. Also...
Wonderstone, Oz: Lesser Wizards
One of the earliest filmmakers, Georges Meliès, started out as a magician, so it’s really no surprise that filmmakers have long felt an affinity...
Body Double
Only recently has the word “prestigious” come to mean “acclaimed” or “renowned.” The Prestige wastes no time explaining the word’s earlier meaning, whence comes...
The Top 10 (The Sequel)
Back in December 2019, I practically threw out my shoulder patting myself on the back for a Top 10 list that was half movies directed...
A Beginner’s Guide to Korean Cinema
A little more than 10 years ago, I wrote an article for this paper reporting on the first Korean-language films playing in the area...
Film Shorts // September 15-21, 2021
OPENING
Best Sellers (NR) This drama stars Michael Caine as a reclusive author who agrees to do one final book tour to save the publishing...
Casa de mi Padre: Heading South
With Casa de mi Padre, Will Ferrell has entered the baroque phase of his career, where he realizes he can do whatever the hell...
Film Shorts
OPENING
The Big Sick (R) Kumail Nanjiani stars in and writes this autobiographical comedy about a Muslim comedian who’s forced to bond with his wife’s...
