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blind spot series

Blindsided by SHAFT

I was ill-equipped to hold court with black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks. So for once, I asked for guidance.

Posted on February 25, 2014June 30, 2015
blind spot series

Blindsided by CHARADE

It was bound to happen eventually: The realization that I wasn’t as blind as I thought. But what would that mean for the first watch of this classic?

Posted on January 28, 2014June 30, 2015
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Blindsided by TOKYO STORY

Where Blind Spots are concerned, it feels like I’m ending 2013 where I started.

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

Blindsided by PERSONA

Look at film long enough, eventually it looks back.

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

Blindsided by THE KID

As I finished a gem by a filmmaker I love, a surprise was waiting for me – a surprise I’ve yet to find in this whole watching series.

Posted on August 27, 2013June 30, 2015
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Blindsided by THE BIRDS

Something tells me that if he ever wanted to, Alfred Hitchcock could have made a terrifying film about a tree full of chipmunks. The man was just THAT good.

Posted on July 30, 2013June 30, 2015
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Blindsided by LES DIABOLIQUES

My romp through film history finally takes me to France. It;s there that I learn that French people are gloriously screwed up, and that my readers have amazing taste!

Posted on June 25, 2013June 30, 2015
blind spot series

Blindsided by BROADCAST NEWS

How do you create a comedy that will last? You begin with the assumption that your audience isn’t a bunch of idiots. Armed with that assumption, its amazing how well a comedy can endure.

Posted on April 23, 2013June 30, 2015
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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
listy goodness

Jaan Pehechaan Ho: Setting the Bollywood Watchlist

Once again I look to step from the darkness into the light – and this time the warm, wonderful light will arrive speaking Hindi.

Posted on November 13, 2012November 17, 2012

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