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trailers

Stay Wide Awake – STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Teaser no. 2

The Force Awakens while the Hollywood marketing machine hits the snooze button

Posted on April 16, 2015April 23, 2015
hot docs, trailers

Something in The Way: MONTAGE OF HECK Trailer

Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld…So I can sigh eternally

Posted on April 15, 2015April 20, 2015
the decade so far

So Far, So Good: THE SOCIAL NETWORK

Points for execution; even more points for immediacy.

Posted on April 14, 2015April 20, 2015
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 135 – WHILE WE’RE YOUNG

Talkin’ WHILE WE’RE YOUNG with Katie Hogan. She and Ryan then flip the record over to play the other side.

Posted on April 13, 2015April 18, 2015
reviews

KUMIKO THE TREASURE HUNTER

What does it take to evoke the spirit of The Coen Brothers without specifically becoming “Coen-esque”?

Posted on April 12, 2015April 19, 2015
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched April 4 – April 10)

Lots of docs this week, but a moment with The Last Son of Krypton defined a rough week.

Posted on April 11, 2015April 18, 2015
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 4 – 10 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

TUMP returns, Becca goes it alone, and Darren watches daredevil…ALL of it.

Posted on April 10, 2015April 15, 2015
visuals

Freeze Frame: ACE IN THE HOLE

Clickbait, circa. 1951

Posted on April 9, 2015June 30, 2015
trailers

Death Letter Blues: ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL Trailer

Seems like I ask this every year; Should we be wary of “The Sundance Darling”?

Posted on April 8, 2015April 13, 2015
the decade so far

So Far, So Good: STORIES WE TELL

I have docs on the brain, so let’s start looking back, and begin with one of the best docs of the decade so far.

Posted on April 7, 2015April 13, 2015
my back pages

Poisoned Rose: One Small Change to CITIZEN KANE

“The moment the CITIZEN KANE screenplay threw me for a loop…or “How can you never notice a detail that’s never there?”

Posted on April 6, 2015April 12, 2015
trailers

Rebel Yell: LISTEN TO ME MARLON Trailer

The Godfather speaks…

Posted on April 5, 2015April 12, 2015

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