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Tag: nerd vampire

blind spot series

Blindsided by THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC

This month, the blind spot series sends me back to Sunday School. Who needs a film with recorded dialogue when you have the expressive face of Maria Falconetti to express such a range of emotion?

Posted on February 26, 2013June 30, 2015
ikiru, kanji watanabe, takashi shimura
blind spot series

Blindsided by IKIRU

We begin a new round of essentials with a bummer.
An sublimely, achingly, beautiful bummer.

Posted on January 29, 2013June 30, 2015
blind spot series

Blindsided by A STAR IS BORN (1954)

Before we get up in arms about how Hollywood wants to ruin a classic, let’s all take a good long look at the classic.

Posted on May 29, 2012June 30, 2015
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 5 – 25 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Scott and Whitney go to seperate movies, Candice muses on Sissy Spacek’s mom, and The Void goes to Cannes.

Posted on May 25, 2012May 30, 2012
blind spot series

Blindsided by MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

What would Capra think of what the role of government has become?

Posted on April 24, 2012June 30, 2015
blind spot series

Blindsided by WILD AT HEART

Gird your loins everybody – the Blind Spot Series turns its eyes to David Lynch.

Posted on February 28, 2012June 30, 2015
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Everybody’s Talkin’ 1 – 6 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Allison plans to see the light in 2012, I take a seat in The Front Room Cinema, and The Void wishes us a Merry New Year

Posted on January 6, 2012January 9, 2012
listy goodness

Big in Japan (Setting The Anime Watchlist)

I’ve Been In The dark Long Enough, It’s Time For Me to Step Into The Animated Light.

Posted on November 8, 2011November 18, 2014

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