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Movies 2010 #14 Little Children

Little Children was a surprising film. Surprising in how good it was and surprising in both plot and execution. I watched it on a lark (it was streaming on netflix) and the experiment with browsing for a film outside my … Continue reading

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Movies 2010 #12 Exit Through the Gift Shop

After watching this, I’m not sure if we’ve won or lost. I mean, by most measures the careers of just Banksy and Shepard Fairey alone are enough to signal that street art has “made it,” so at some level we’ve … Continue reading

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Movies 2010 #11 Rashomon

I find it hard to believe I’ve never written about Rashomon, but I’ve been through my archives and I’ve never fully written it up for public consumption. Again, hard to believe. I better put my serious hat on for this … Continue reading

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Movies 2010 #10 The Ghost Writer

The Ghost Writer is a perfect test my stated ability to separate the personal from the professional when it comes to the arts. Not being a big fan of fugitive rapists clearly I’m not enamored of Roman Polanski, the person. … Continue reading

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