De Palma gives Hitchcock a morbid makeover.…
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The camera moves and swirls like a vessel of fate itself. It watches over, takes part in, mourns with, and celebrates.…
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When viewed through a queer lens, Llewyn becomes a more sympathetic character.…
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Criterion Collection, Spine #879…
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Advertisements The Graduate opens with a party. But instead of a joyous celebration, we find a nervous, claustrophobic Ben (Dustin Hoffman), lost in a sea of his parents’ friends. He’s ambushed; hands reach from out of frame to pull and push and…
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Advertisements If you read my Meet the Staff piece, you saw La La Land atop my (arbitrary) list of favorite films. Director Damien Chazelle cites The Umbrellas of Cherbourg as one of the greatest influences on his film, which was how I was exposed to Jacques…
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Eclipse Series 38: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System…
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