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  • Movie Review: “Tim’s Vermeer” (Teller, USA 2013)

    First, I will make my usual note about documentaries. My reviews of documentaries are necessarily incomplete, because documentaries should be judged not only by cinematic standards but also by journalistic ones. I am judging only the merits from a cinematic standpoint, not making any claim to be able to judge its journalistic merits. In this…

  • TV Episode Review: “Orphan Black” “Variable and Full of Perturbation” (05.08, 2014)

    Tony, the Superfluous Clone One big piece of news this week: we have another clone, and this one is a transgendered male (To use the show’s phrasing. I am not entirely sure that it’s correct and I apologize if it is not.). Why did we need another clone? Especially one who is so much like…

  • Movie Review: “Elysium” (Neill Blomkamp, USA 2013)

    An interesting shift has occurred in the way that villains are drawn in American films. Once upon a time, it was true that “henchmen” sorts–the common enemies who worked for the more powerful main villain–were all, to use old Dungeons and Dragons nomenclature and prove that I am the world’s biggest nerd, either neutral evil…