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Month: October 2017

curated: “my mama told me never trust a space engineer…”

Mon, Oct 16, 2017
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“But I did, I did, I did…”

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I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again this Sunday, October 15th

Fri, Oct 13, 2017
1 comment

We’ll be talking about the London Film Festival, which wraps up this weekend.

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The Ritual movie review: into the woods

Thu, Oct 12, 2017
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A horror movie for grownups, dripping with the dread of a fairy tale of yore, primitive and atavistic, drawing on profound human pain and fear.

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Breathe movie review: paralyzed but determined to be mobile (LFF 2017)

Wed, Oct 11, 2017
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A romance and a real-life adventure, full of life-and-death peril and unexpected cheerful good humor, about a pioneer in disability rights and dignity.

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Blade Runner 2049 movie review: a rickety retro replicant

Mon, Oct 09, 2017
141 comments

Visually, this dying future world is immersively hellish. Intellectually, though, its ideas haven’t kept up with the rapidly evolving science-fictional conversation.

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I am *so* behind on reviews

Fri, Oct 06, 2017
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There are never enough hours in the day, and this gets worse during a film festival…

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I need a new bingo card…

Thu, Oct 05, 2017
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…one to track Terrible Ways to Treat Women Onscreen.

| 5 Comments

curated: Ryan Gosling is correctly upset about one aspect of ‘Avatar’

Mon, Oct 02, 2017
8 comments

From Saturday Night Live…

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