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Author: Ryan McNeil

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You Want History: American Movie Critics (The Introduction)

July 8, 2014

Jandy has inspired me to read, and Lopate has inspired me to write. A new series of posts begins based on a great compendium of film criticism.

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Episode 115 – OBVIOUS CHILD

July 7, 2014

Talkin’ OBVIOUS CHILD with Kathleen Bradford. She and Ryan also field listener feedback on the best films about 2014 so far, and flip the record over to play the other side.

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THE IMMIGRANT

July 6, 2014

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door

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Days of The Week (Films Watched June 28 – July 4)

July 5, 2014

…or what I learned on the couch nursing a cold.

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Somebody Get Me a Doctor

July 4, 2014

Today, I Feel Like This…

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Freeze Frame: CHINATOWN

July 3, 2014

An image is worth one thousand words. The truth might require one thousand more.

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Our Song: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY Trailer

July 2, 2014

There are two sides to every story…just usually not in the same film.

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