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Review: The Plough And The Stars (1936)

Posted on January 14, 2014 | 2 comments

the plough and the stars

I choose family over just about everything else, so that’s where I fall on this issue!

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Posted in 1930s, 400+ Word Reviews, John Ford, United States Of America

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This Week In Cinema: December 15-21, 2013

Posted on December 22, 2013 | 2 comments

quiz show

I sweat too much in the face to ever be a contestant on any quiz show!

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Posted in 1950s, 1970s, 2000s, 2010s, Andrew Niccol, Chile, George Roy Hill, George Stevens, Penny Lane, Robert Redford, Sebastián Silva, This Week In Cinema, United States Of America, Zachary Heinzerling

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This Week In Cinema: December 08-14, 2013

Posted on December 15, 2013 | 2 comments

frozen

I live in Illinois, I’m used to living in an eternal winter!

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Posted in 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 2010s, Australia, Austria, Chad Hartigan, Chris Buck, Fred Zinnemann, Gerard Lee, Jane Campion, Jeffrey Friedman, Jennifer Lee, Jim Rash, Jonás Cuarón, Lauren MacMullen, Louis Schwartzberg, Nat Faxon, Ninja Thyberg, Peter Kubelka, Rob Epstein, Sweden, This Week In Cinema, United States Of America

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This Week In Cinema: November 24-30, 2013

Posted on December 1, 2013 | Leave a comment

what maisie knew

Lots of people dying in space lately, what the heck!

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Posted in 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, Afghanistan, Andrew Bujalski, Cal Bunker, Canada, David Siegel, Franck Khalfoun, Iraq, John Badham, Kenya, Kristina Borjesson, Rick Rowley, Scott McGehee, Sebastián Cordero, Somalia, This Week In Cinema, United States Of America, Yemen

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This Week In Cinema: November 10-16, 2013

Posted on November 17, 2013 | Leave a comment

window water baby moving

I’m trained to deliver babies, doesn’t mean I want to!

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Posted in 1950s, 1960s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Belgium, Charles Burnett, Christian Carion, Daniel Anker, France, Germany, Jan Lenica, Kenneth Anger, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Marie Menken, Norway, Poland, Romania, Stan Brakhage, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America, Walerian Borowczyk

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World War II Marathon: Underground (1995)

Posted on November 12, 2013 | Leave a comment

underground

What’s this? This marathon isn’t finished yet!

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Posted in 1990s, 400+ Word Reviews, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Emir Kusturica, Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia, France, Germany, Hungary, World War II Marathon

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This Week In Cinema: September 22-28, 2013

Posted on September 29, 2013 | Leave a comment

conspiracy

I’m not very conspiratorial, I’m too lazy for that kind of effort!

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Posted in 1960s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Adam Palcher, Carol Frank, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Frank Pierson, Jan Svankmajer, John Hughes, Ken Hughes, Lukas Moodysson, Sidney Lumet, Sweden, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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This Week In Cinema: July 07-13, 2013

Posted on July 14, 2013 | Leave a comment

a movie

I’m pretty sure that the soundtrack to my life would be all wacky and mournful at the wrong times!

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Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Australia, Austria, Bill Melendez, Bruce Conner, Buster Keaton, Chris Renaud, Dianne Jackson, Edward F. Cline, France, Heinz Dunkhase, James Nguyen, James Parrott, Jane Campion, Jean Renoir, Jimmy T. Murakami, John Schultz, Norman Tokar, Peter Kubelka, Pierre Coffin, Portugal, Regina Pessoa, Robert Enrico, Terry Gilliam, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America, West Germany

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Retro Week In Cinema: May 02-08, 2013

Posted on May 9, 2013 | 1 comment

volver

As if I needed further proof that I don’t understand the female mind!

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Posted in 1940s, 1980s, 2000s, Alfred Hitchcock, Barry Levinson, Brian De Palma, Germany, Italy, McG, Pedro Almodóvar, Retro Week In Cinema, Spain, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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Retro Week In Cinema: March 21-27, 2013

Posted on March 28, 2013 | 7 comments

the african queen

Being stuck on a boat with Katharine Hepburn doesn’t sound like a bad time at all!

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Posted in 1940s, 1950s, 1990s, 2000s, Cameron Crowe, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, John Huston, Lewis Milestone, Omar Naim, Retro Week In Cinema, Sofia Coppola, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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