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Gorgeous, Impressionistic ‘The Long Day Closes’ on Criterion Blu-ray and DVD

by Eric Melin on January 14, 2014

in Blu-ray/DVD Reviews,Reviews

Experienced completely through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy named Bud, Terence Davies’ 1992 film The Long Day Closes is a deeply personal impressionistic triumph, out in a dual-format Blu-ray and DVD from The Criterion Collection.

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Overlooked Movie Monday: Manufacturing Consent

by Phil Fava on August 1, 2011

in Blogs

“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.” Providing both a riveting portrait of Noam Chomsky as a figure in the American political and academic landscapes as well as a thorough exploration of its titular thesis, “Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media” is as fluid and richly cinematic a […]

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1 Year, 100 Movies #68 Unforgiven (1992)

by Trey Hock on October 13, 2010

in 1 Year, 100 Movies,Columns

For 1 Year, 100 Movies, contributor/filmmaker Trey Hock is watching all of AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies list (compiled in 2007) in one year. His reactions to each film are recorded here twice a week until the year (and list) is up! For film #68 on AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies, “Unforgiven,” we once again […]

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Insomniac Movie Theater: Hard Boiled

by Trevan McGee on July 29, 2010

in Columns,Insomniac Movie Theater

Chow Yun Fat and John Woo at their best. “Hard Boiled” is a band apart from other action movies.

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The Great Songs: Summer Babe

by Eric Melin on April 14, 2010

in Columns,The Great Songs

Now that the weather’s getting better, it’s just about time to bring out one of my favorite summer songs. It’s not like a Beach Boys fun-in-the-sun-surfin’-safari summer song or anything like that, though. It’s more of an obtuse, I’m-feeling-kinda-lonely-and-surly song. 1992’s “Summer Babe” was the first song I ever heard by Pavement and it was […]

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