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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Poverty on Film: Napoleon Dynamite
For some time now I have been mulling over a response to Peter’s earlier article about how Hollywood, as of late, has generally ignored poverty, poor people, and those who cannot afford to live with every single need and want easily taken … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Film
Tagged Disney TV, ICarly, Jared Hess, Jon Heder, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Napoleon Dynamite, Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants, VicTorious
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Five Film Favorites: The Greatest Baseball Scenes
All right, I’ll say it: there has never been a great baseball movie. Yes, baseball fans, you can shout and scream and cajole, but I stand firm: any of the titles you can throw my way may be good, but … Continue reading
Five Film Favorites: Poetry in the Movies
With the announcement that my favorite poet, Philip Levine, was named the Poet Laureate of the United States, I thought it apropos to write a piece about the moments in movies when poetry is recited, or invoked. The movies below … Continue reading
Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
What impressed me the most about Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), a restart of the Planet of the Apes franchise, was the sheer effort that the writers, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, and director, Rupert Wyatt, exerted … Continue reading
A Forgotten Film about Forgotten People
Last week, I wrote about how the poor and downtrodden seem to have been forgotten by Hollywood, and referenced a wonderful and modest little movie called Scarecrow. Scarecrow is a movie you should seek out, and seeking is something you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Film, Reviews
Tagged Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, Jerry Schatzberg, Scarecrow
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Movie Going: The Drive-In
I’ve been considering movies from the perspective of the personal experience – not the one where we respond individually to film as art. And not the one where our analysis of a film is guided by our personal approach to … Continue reading
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