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Really looking forward to this week's release of the Criterion edition of A CHRISTMAS TALE. Gonna pick that up right away.
about 22 hours ago
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@ I've been using an Oppo player for a few years now and can attest to its quality.
about 22 hours ago
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@ Hear, hear. I too haven't been affected much by Pixar films, but this one struck a chord. I'm glad I caught it.
7:06 PM Nov 28th
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@ I had a similar reaction. Along with season one, the fourth is my favorite.
2:40 PM Nov 28th
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HEARTBEAT DETECTOR. A strange intellectual exercise, although its ideas of historical forgetting and human conscience are compelling.
2:39 PM Nov 28th
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Watched UP. Nice. A lesson in embracing the past while also learning to let go of it.
2:34 PM Nov 28th
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@ Interesting, Dan. I'm more partial to, say, LATE AUTUMN, but I want to give AFTERNOON another try. LATE SPRING is an all-time fave.
3:49 PM Nov 22nd
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And, in the film, modernization, generational change, history, the shifts of life are like tides -- always present, quietly relentless.
11:15 AM Nov 22nd
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AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON: Not quite THE END OF SUMMER or LATE AUTUMN (or LATE SPRING), but a balanced and careful film nonetheless.
11:02 AM Nov 22nd
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Angelenos: This Friday, LACMA begins its series on Hitchcock's British thrillers.
6:03 PM Nov 19th
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Got my anticipated copy of Zadie Smith's CHANGING MY MIND, only to find a big dark smudge ruining the cover. Gee, thanks, Barnes & Noble.
11:25 PM Nov 18th
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Listening repeatedly to Jarrett's trio play IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS makes this late night of course prep much more tolerable.
11:15 PM Nov 17th
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@ Yes, as a local study it's impressive. Humorous as well. Thinking about it now also makes me want to revisit it.
11:49 PM Nov 16th
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@ @ @ Tsai's I DON"T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE is also worth a viewing. Saw it at TIFF 06. Loved the ending.
11:08 PM Nov 16th
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@ @ @ Tsai's WHAT TIMES IS IT THERE? is easily one of my favorite films. Ever.
11:04 PM Nov 16th
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In the Times today: articles on Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond ( and writer R. Wurlitzer (
6:20 PM Nov 15th
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@ @ I agree with Dan; MADE IN USA is interesting, but, for me, only in light of Godard's other films ca. '59-'66.
9:00 PM Nov 12th
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@ Ha! Most likely. That's exactly what worries me. :)
6:01 PM Nov 12th
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AN EDUCATION: eh, okay. Mulligan is refreshing. But I hate to think what Hollywood will do once it gets hold of her, as it no doubt will.
10:40 AM Nov 12th
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@ Ah, good point.
12:18 PM Nov 11th
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