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Opening Night (Birdman 2)

I feel like I could write blog entries only about Alejandro González Iñárritu‘s film Birdman from now until Christmas. But I’ll try to keep my discussion to just this second post. To see what I have to say about the choice of … Continue reading

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Mysteries of Lisbon

It’s snowing like crazy outside, and so I’m settling in for a bonus day of writing. In this spirit, we enjoyed a long, challenging film this weekend, the 4 1/2 hour period piece by Raul Ruiz, Mysteries of Lisbon. I don’t know how … Continue reading

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Ricky Jay, Magician

Happy February 1. It is still winter. January was a blur of days and days below zero and evenings watching movies on Netflix. I’m not surprised to see I didn’t keep up my twice a week blogging schedule because, well, … Continue reading

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Gravity

We went to see Gravity in 3D last night. It was a difficult decision, because I’m not a fan of 3D. It makes me dizzy and just basically interferes with the film. The more action, the less I like it. I did … Continue reading

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The New European Films

After one of our airport runs at Christmas time, we managed to go see the French film Rust and Bone at the Uptown in Minneapolis. The film, though far from perfect, has two great things going for it: Marion Cotillard … Continue reading

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Zero Dark Thirty

We always watch a slew of movies during the holidays, and this year was no exception. Most of the films we saw were sort of lackluster. The only one that really took me by surprise was Zero Dark Thirty by … Continue reading

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