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DIG THIS: VIOLENCE OF STYLE
my style is impetuous Stanley Kubrick and Quentin Tarantino. Two of the finest American directions ever to plunk themselves down on the other side of a lens. Also living (well, half-living) proof that...
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THIS WEEK IN THE BILLBOARD TOP 10: 1963
The Billboard album chart first appeared in 1945, included only five albums, and the editors updated it whenever they damn well pleased (which wasn’t every week). It underwent several changes between...
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AFI 100 #46: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
I’m dedicating two years of my life to watching and reviewing every movie on the American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Movies, even the ones I’ve seen before. Here’s #46, A Clockwork Orange. A...
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AFI 100 #26: DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE...
I’m dedicating two years of my life to watching and reviewing every movie on the American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Movies, even the ones I’ve seen before. Here’s #26, Dr. Strangelove or: How I...
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AFI 100 #22: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Monkey see, monkey do. I’m dedicating two years of my life to watching and reviewing every movie on the American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Movies, even the ones I’ve seen before. Here’s #22, 2001:...
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FILM PICK: THE FILMS OF STANLEY KUBRICK @ THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
If you’ve never seen one of Stanley Kubrick‘s earlier films (like The Killing or Fear and Desire, or if you just want to see space babies and blood elevators on the big screen), the Museum of Fine Arts...
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FILM: THE TARANTINO CHRONICLES
Thanks to the Brattle’s latest series, you can retrace some of Tarantino’s influences alongside the features he created from his movie muses. Imagine a younger Quentin Tarantino (OK, maybe a less...
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DIG THIS: THE SHINING + ROOM 237 @ BRATTLE THEATRE
shiny bloody people Whether it’s those creepy twins or that humanoid pig blow-job scene, Stanley Kubrick’s rendition of Stephen King’s iconic The Shining has enough emotionally traumatic imagery for...
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THE RIGHT FLUFF: ‘INTERSTELLAR’ IS ONE SMALL MISSTEP FOR NOLAN
When Christopher Nolan isn’t busy making super serious flicks about glum spandex bros, he can be seen leading the fight to make Hollywood a more intelligent place. As the director of Memento, Insomnia,...
View ArticleTHE RIGHT FLUFF: ‘INTERSTELLAR’ IS ONE SMALL MISSTEP FOR NOLAN
Christopher Nolan has an unparalleled track record among big-name directors for films that fully commit to their mind-bending premises while going light on sentimentality. It’s in this light that the...
View ArticleLOUD AND LOCAL: A BOSTON FILM INSPIRED BY THE GREATS
"A lot of the inspiration in making this picture came from the great American films of the 1970s. We wanted to deal truthfully with interpersonal relationships the way that films rarely do today.”
View ArticleLOUD AND LOCAL: A BOSTON FILM INSPIRED BY THE GREATS
"A lot of the inspiration in making this picture came from the great American films of the 1970s. We wanted to deal truthfully with interpersonal relationships the way that films rarely do today.”
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