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Mar
06

HOLLYWOOD DREAMIN'

Childhood dreams When the young Butch (Chandler Lindauer) in 1994's 'Pulp Fiction' sits in front of
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Mar
04

THE BEAST IN ME

Returning to Jonathan Glazer's 'Sexy Beast' (2000) having recently watched his latest movie 'The Zone
3 min read
Mar
04

I'VE BEEN THINKING FLOWERS

Hundreds, possibly thousands of essays and chapters have been written on the subject of Stephen Sondheim's 'Sweeney
3 min read
Mar
01

THE LAST CUT IS THE DEEPEST

There is an audacious time leap in Jonathan Glazer’s ‘The Zone Of Interest’ (2023) where I find a comparison
3 min read
Feb
24

RUSTY JAMES FINDS THE OCEAN

He finally arrived at the ocean his big brother never got to find. It certainly felt more liberating to Rusty
3 min read
Feb
23

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MY MEMORY

There's a meeting place in the mind where the memory of a movie and personal experience sit together
3 min read
Feb
22

CARPE MORTEM

Before he prepared to end everything, John Keating waited to see what past memories flooded his mind, if any. He&
4 min read
Feb
22

FAST EDDIE AND THE FAT MAN

"This is Ames, mister!" Some films I've seen so many times I now remember them as
3 min read
Feb
21

MUSICAL THRONES

"Shut up! Before you get exiled!" - Kanye West Once Upon A (Not So Very Long) Time Ago
11 min read
Feb
16

A LARGHETTO FOR FEBRUARY AND SIR JOHN'S SERENADE

'Why, what's the matter,That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm
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