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Inglourious Basterds: nigh time for a Jewish revenge fantasy
My name is Shoshanna Dreyfus… and you’ve seen the face of Jewish vengeance. – Shoshanna Dreyfus Chris Rock, a politically incorrect comedian with little regards for niceties, once de… more →
Chicks On Fire
Inglourious Basterds: nigh time for a Jewish revenge fantasy
Aurelle wrote 2 months ago: My name is Shoshanna Dreyfus… and you’ve seen the face of Jewish vengeance. – Shos … more →
Brüno: Putting sex in homosexuals
Aurelle wrote 4 months ago: Sasha Baron Cohen as Bruno, learning to fight off homosexuals Poor Ron Paul. The esteemed doctor cum … more →
Not your daddy's little girl
Aurelle wrote 4 months ago: Julia Keller, of Chicago Tribune, wrote about the current crop of unpunished dragon ladies: They … more →
A modern woman dragged to hell
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Aurelle wrote 5 months ago: Alison Lohman in Drag Me To Hell Drag Me To Hell (Raimi, 2009) opens this weekend as a counter-progr … more →
Farewell to Natasha Richardson, the woman we could've known
Aurelle wrote 8 months ago: From Stephanie Zacharek (Salon): [...]But when I watched a Richardson performance, I never found mys … more →
Popmatters' 100 Essential Female Performances
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Aurelle wrote 8 months ago: The list here. Second, I wanted to avoid the usual clichés, the performances that people expect to b … more →
Lunar New Year: 12 Asian Film Characters to Celebrate
Aurelle wrote 10 months ago: Excluding Indians, of course, as they don’t celebrate Lunar New Year? To celebrate the Lunar N … more →
What marks a great performance?
Aurelle wrote 10 months ago: This is Kate Winslet’s year. Having won the Globes for both best supporting and lead actress, … more →
Zack and Miri make a porno: sit com, with nudity
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Aurelle wrote 1 year ago: Zack and Miri Make a Porno Let us fuck. No? Okay now that I’ve used up the one effective and f … more →
Vicky Cristina Barcelona: When Woody Allen Meets Scarlett Johansson
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Aurelle wrote 1 year ago: At first, I thought Vicky Christina Barcelona was a romance novel on screen, complete with erotic, j … more →
Vancouver International Film Festival 2008 Round Up
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Aurelle wrote 1 year ago: Üç maymun (Three Monkeys; Ceylan, 2008) Turkey The title refers to the Japanese proverbial three wis … more →
Girl Talk: Heroine & Villainess - Woman-child
Aurelle wrote 1 year ago: Author: amberlita Heroine: Matilda from Leon Villainess: Suzanne Stone from To Die For Matilda … more →
Girl Talk: Heroine & Villainess - Heroine or Villainess?
Aurelle wrote 1 year ago: Author: Kari Heroine: Selene from Underworld Villainess: Selene from Underworld Heroine or Villaines … more →
Girl Talk: Heroine & Villainess - One's Place in The World
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Aurelle wrote 1 year ago: Author: Brittni Heroine: Hildy Johnson from His Girl Friday Villainess: Norma Desmond from Sunset Bl … more →
Girl Talk: Heroine & Villainess - Will and Fear
Aurelle wrote 1 year ago: Rouge and I were talking about how a consensus list we were looking at was a tad too male-oriented. … more →
The rules of the game (not the movie!)
Aurelle wrote 1 year ago: Recently I’ve been poring over my viewing habit for a pattern that I can discern, since what w … more →
There Will Be Oscars!
Aurelle wrote 1 year ago: Pre-show: Best Dressed Penelope Cruz: Let’s Wear the Pink Dress again, this time in Black! Ann … more →
The Miscalculations of There Will Be Blood
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Aurelle wrote 1 year ago: First, let me make it perfectly clear that I adore Paul Thomas Anderson. I think he’s a terrif … more →
A Pitfall of Film Criticism
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Aurelle wrote 2 years ago: I’ve written the following comment in response to Jonathan Rosenbaum’s piece on No Count … more →
