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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...
Blogging “Django Unchained” (The Texas Chapters)
Welcome to my insanely detailed series of posts about Django Unchained, containing all my thoughts and insights on Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning film. Some of...
Film Shorts
OPENING:
Side Effects (R) Steven Soderbergh’s clever thriller stars Rooney Mara as a suicidal woman whose struggles with depression overwhelm her when her husband (Channing...
To the Wonder: Into Thin Air
Did we overrate Terrence Malick, or is he just regressing to the mean after The Tree of Life? Anyone who saw his Oscar-nominated cultural...
Soul Sapphires
Ah, Chris O’Dowd! Whether you loved him in Bridesmaids or detested him on TV’s Girls, you’ve probably been amused by the antics of this...
“Four Lions” and the Boston Marathon Attack
In the wake of the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon yesterday, officials at the London Marathon (which is the next major event on...
Local Filmmaker Updates
Things are happening for two filmmakers we've profiled before in these pages. For Fort Worth's Chad Feehan, the horror movie he produced, All the...
Filml Shorts
OPENING:
The Company You Keep (R) Robert Redford directs and stars in this thriller as a former 1960s Weather Underground terrorist who’s forced to run...
Beyond the Pines: Fathers and Sons
I hate to agree with the consensus, but sometimes there’s just nowhere else to go. Three years ago, Derek Cianfrance made a magnificent filmmaking...
42: Mister Robinson
Jackie Robinson’s story was already made into a rather amateurish movie in 1950, with the Dodgers’ infielder and civil rights pioneer portraying himself. It...
