February 2012
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Out Of Iran: This Is Not A Film Reviewed
Provocative Cannes/Venice/Berlin-winning Iranian director Jafar Panahi spent 2010 being arrested, released, arrested again, detained, bailed and finally charged and sentenced to six years in jail and given a twenty year ban on filmmaking, leaving the country and talking to the press.
In terms of potential ‘watchability’ and enjoyment, the odds are stacked against This Is Not A Film...
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I want to disappear. That’s my real difficulty. Just nonexist and just do...
– Luca Guadagnino
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An open letter to the worst human being to ever...
I considered my options carefully. My first impulse, one which I wrestled with for about a half-hour, was to use my elbow to strike you once in the throat, as hard as possible, hoping that if I were to crush your windpipe completely, it would silence you. Obviously, there are drawbacks to that approach, not the least of which would be the assault charge. I’d hate to have to deal with bail...
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!Happy Valentines Day!
Let’s celebrate the Hallmark holiday of love with a few of my favorite onscreen couples.
Mickey and Mallory Knox in Natural Born Killers (1994)
Why I love them: I don’t condone violence but I love watching it in film. Juliette Lewis and Woody Harrelson have so much chemistry here, with Mickey being the perfect andectdote to all of Mallory’s daddy issues. Too bad this manifests itself in a...
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I still ask myself the question that has tormented me since I was thirty years...
– François Truffaut
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Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the...
– David Lynch
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