Monday, June 10, 2013

We've moved!

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It's true. As I look forward to an upcoming year of academic job hunting, I've been doing some e-cleaning and e-housekeeping. First ...
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Monday, March 25, 2013

Mondays with Manuel: Dishonored (1931)

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Mondays with Manuel  is a new ongoing series here at the blog wherein I am watching all the films referenced in Manuel Puig's  The ...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Mondays with Manuel: Camille (1936)

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As I continue trying to keep up with blogging while trying to write a dissertation, I decided to make a blogging project that could double ...
Monday, February 25, 2013

No blinking, or How Nicole submits herself for processing

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This is in response to Nat's The Master Blu-Ray/DVD giveaway contest . Some would say I'm pandering, but this is literally the first...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

Lincoln, or How Kushner's drawing room talky is riveting

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And so it comes to an end. See all the rest of the nominated films reviewed here  or by following the tag . I am excitedly baking, pre...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Oscar Predictions, or How here goes!

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Presented without commentary because, well, other than a couple of hunches and/or hopeful hunches ( Zero Dark Thirty in Original Screenplay,...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Life of Pi, or How Lee's Poetic Fable is a Beauty

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Life of Pi Directed by: Ang Lee Written by: David Magee Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan & Rafe Spall. Oscar Nominations: 10...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Les Miserables, or How no, I don't even want to hear the people sing

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Les Miserables Directed by: Tom Hooper Written by: Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redm...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Silver Linings Playbook, or How the romantic comedy gets the runaround

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Silver Linings Playbook Written & Directed by : David O. Russell Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Rober...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Argo, or How Hollywood can save the day AND be entertaining while doing so

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Argo Directed by: Ben Affleck Written by: Chris Terrio Starring: Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston & Kyle Ch...
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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Motifs in Cinema (2012), or How films worked it last year

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Motifs in Cinema  is a discourse across  2 2  film blogs, assessing the way in which various thematic elements have been used in the 2012 c...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Amour, or How a tender-hearted story gets refracted through Haneke's cruel lens

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Amour Written and Directed by: Michael Haneke Starring: Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Louis Trintignant & Isabelle Huppert. Oscar Nomin...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Oscar Travesties, or How Grantland's bracket is as fratty as it sounds

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Have you checked this Oscar Travesties bracket happening over at Grantland? It bills itself as "A tournament to determine the worst Aca...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Zero Dark Thirty, or How Bigelow & Chastain kick ass

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Zero Dark Thirty Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow Written by: Mark Boal Starring: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Mark St...
Monday, February 11, 2013

85 Years of Golden Men, or How Olly Moss's commemorative poster is gorgeous

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Did you see the official 85 Years of Oscar poster by Olly Moss ? The poster offers 85 takes on the most famous Naked Golden Man of all ...
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