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Review: The Night of the Iguana (1964)
The Night of the Iguana, adapted from the Tennessee Williams play by director John Huston and Anthony Veiller, is simultaneously lighter and more opaque than other Williams adaptations like Cat on a H… more →
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Movie Discussion: Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man (1973)
wrote 1 day ago: Girl Meets Context: Throughout the month of May we will be watching 1970s films about cults and cons … more →
Scaling the Wuthering Iron Heights of Fundamental Boredom
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wrote 1 week ago: Well, after every hot streak, there’s a cold spell when it comes to movie viewing. After the c … more →
REVIEW: The Great Gatsby
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The Great Gatsby Directed by: Baz Luhrmann Written by: Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce (screenplay), F … more →
Movie Discussion: Bryan Forbes' The Stepford Wives (1975)
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Girl Meets Context: Throughout the month of May we will be watching 1970s films about cults and cons … more →
Movie Discussion: Ken Russell's The Devils (1971)
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Girl Meets Context: Throughout the month of May we will be watching 1970s films about cults and cons … more →
Movie Discussion: Don Coscarelli's John Dies at the End (2012)
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Girl Meets Context: It’s Indie Horror Month, where we cover some of the best original and independen … more →
Review: The Night of the Iguana (1964)
wrote 2 months ago: The Night of the Iguana, adapted from the Tennessee Williams play by director John Huston and Anthon … more →
Lincoln (US 2012)
wrote 2 months ago: Dreamworks and C20th Fox. Director Steven Spielberg. Screenplay Tony Kushner, based on the book by D … more →
Movie Discussion: Jack Clayton's The Innocents (1961)
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wrote 3 months ago: Girl Meets Context: This is the best known and most critically lauded adaptation of Henry James … more →
Movie Discussion: Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face [Les yeux sans visage] (1960)
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wrote 3 months ago: Girl Meets Context: John Carpenter has alluded that the basic concept for Michael Myers’ mask … more →
সাতকাহন
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wrote 3 months ago: Seven trashes collected by the senses. - I still don’t get it, but it is visually stunning. I … more →
Review: Les Miserables (2012)
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wrote 4 months ago: Translating a stage musical (let alone a wildly popular one) into a screen musical can’t be an … more →
Lindsay Devlin to Adapt 'Reboot' Novel for Fox Studios
wrote 5 months ago: Writer Lindsay Devlin has been named as the head-writer for the upcoming film adaptation of the Amy … more →
Will the real Sherlock Holmes please stand up?
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wrote 5 months ago: I’m going to wind up my exploration of pulp mysteries with the ultimate pulp detective of them all—S … more →
Friday Fictioneers--The Big Cheese or The Gjetost of Christmas Past
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wrote 5 months ago: I love Friday Fictioneers, but sometimes it seems that it was just Friday (or Wednesday) only a few … more →
Why I shouldn't write romance
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wrote 7 months ago: I like to watch things with impressive fight sequences, witty dialog, transcendent, childlike whimsi … more →
Tom Brown's Schooldays (1916)
wrote 7 months ago: Spoilers included! On a visit to London this week, I paid a visit to the British Film Institute to s … more →
Book down, Movie to go
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wrote 7 months ago: So I finally finished On the Road by Jack Kerouac. And by finally, I mean finally. I’ve been … more →
Movie Discussion: Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980)
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wrote 7 months ago: Girl Meets Context: The Shining was Stephen King’s third published novel and the third of his … more →
