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Movie Review: “Chicken with Plums” (Vincent Paronnaud/Marjane Satrapi, France/Germany/Belgium 2011)
Paronnaud and Satrapi came into the public consciousness through an acclaimed animated film in Persepolis (France/USA 2007), something I had no interest in watching because I generally have no interest in animation. However, they followed up that success by surprisingly moving into live action with a strange and inventive dark comedy that did not meet…
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TV Season Review: “Copper” Season One (2012)
The basic premise of BBC America’s first original show is a western set in Civil War New York City. The idea of a western set on the east coast (or even specifically in New York) is not new. It was done most prominently in Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, USA/Italy 2002), and it wasn’t unprecedented…
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Movie Review: “Blow-Up” (Michelangelo Antonioni, UK/USA 1966)
Ranked #144 on 2012 Sight & Sound Critics Poll Ranked #54 on 2012 Sight & Sound Directors Poll There are many directors and many films that are extremely highly thought of that I’ve just never gotten around to seeing even though I’ve meant to, and Michelangelo Antonioni is at the top of that director list.…
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