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Movie review: “To Rome with Love”
“To Rome with Love” Directed by: Woody Allen Format: Big screen Viewed: Saturday 7/07/2012 with my wife at the Sierra Vista Cinema 16 in Clovis My wife and I agree on a lot of things about going out to...
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Movie reviews: a cat burglar, two dancers, and a very long argument
At the first of the year, I made a goal to watch an average of one movie per week and then review the films here on my blog. I never stopped watching the movies, but I did go through a two-month...
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Movie review: “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Directed by: Benh Zeitlin Format: Big screen Viewed: Friday 7/27/2012 with my wife at the Edwards Fresno Stadium 22 Sometimes, when I hear a certain poem read aloud or...
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Movie review: “Bernie”
“Bernie” Directed by: Richard Linklater Format: Big screen Viewed: Wednesday 8/08/2012 with my wife at the Regal Manchester Stadium 16 in Fresno As a longtime fan of independent filmmaker Richard...
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Movie review: “I Wish”
“I Wish” Directed by: Hirokazu Kore-eda Format: Big screen Viewed: Friday 8/10/2012 by myself at the Tower Theatre in Fresno Sometimes, when I least expect it, I find exactly the right movie at exactly...
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Movie review: “A Face in the Crowd”
“A Face in the Crowd” Directed by: Elia Kazan Format: DVD from the public library Viewed: Thursday 8/09/2012 by myself at home The swirl and gnash of this season’s presidential politicking has turned...
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On Christopher Walken and acting normal
Christopher Walken in “The Deer Hunter.”This blog post was originally published on the Fresno Filmworks Film Forum blog. Disclaimer: I serve on the Filmworks board of directors. In a film, stage, and...
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The worldwide revival of short films
A scene from the first Wes Anderson film Bottle Rocket, via the blog Ultimate Classic Rock. This blog post was originally published on the Fresno Filmworks Film Forum blog. Disclaimer: I serve on the...
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Shakespeare on film
Vittorio and Paulo Taviani call their latest movie, Caesar Must Die, “a fiction film in which the reality of the prison is physically palpable.” (via Sony Pictures Classics)This post was originally...
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Foodies fond of delectable French films
Jean d’Ormesson stars as the President and Catherine Frot stars as Hortense in Haute Cuisine, the latest movie about the bittersweet pleasures of French cooking. Via The Weinstein Company.This post was...
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