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Top 25 Films of the 1970s
25. F for Fake (Welles, France/Iran, 1973) 24. Days of Heaven (Malick, USA, 1978) 23. Killer of Sheep (Burnett, USA, 1977) 22. The Magic Blade (Chor, Hong Kong, 1976) Chor Yuen is one of the most...
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Top Ten Films of 2010
It may not have been as strong of a calendar year as 2007, which I’m convinced will go down as one of the all-time great movie years alongside of 1939 and 1960 (but that’s a subject for another post);...
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CIFF 2011 – Twenty Two Most Wanted!
With the start of the Chicago International Film Festival only six weeks away, it’s time for my annual wish list of films I’d most like to see turn up there. This is a combination of movies that have...
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Odds and Ends
A new feature where I make brief observations about a bunch of different things I’ve watched recently: Carnage (Roman Polanski, France, 2011) – Theatrical viewing. Rating: 7.3 After two kids get into a...
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An Eastern-European Cinema Primer
I originally intended this as a companion piece to my Sound-Era Soviet Cinema Primer, in which I was going to discuss key films from various Eastern-Bloc countries outside of the Soviet Union that were...
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CIFF ’13: 13 Most Wanted
Here are a baker’s dozen of the titles I’d most like to see turn up at the Chicago International Film Festival in October. I actually compiled this list before the release a couple weeks ago of CIFF’s...
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Halloween Post No. 2: Costume-o-Rama
Last night’s Halloween costume: Rosemary Woodhouse and the devil who impregnated her (please note the tiny devil-baby claw-hand poking through Rosemary’s dress) at the Chicago History Museum: And, as a...
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A New Hollywood/ Film School Generation Primer
The period in American cinema from 1967 – 1980 has recently been anointed by some critics and historians as the last true golden age for Hollywood film production. This was a time of incredible...
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Top 100 Films of the Decade, pt. 4 (#25 – #1): A Contest
Here is the entire list of my 100 favorite movies of the past five years. I have provided not only images but also capsule reviews for the top 25, some of which I wrote exclusively for this post. Don’t...
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My Top 100 Films of the Decade
Below is a list of my 100 favorite feature films of the decade. I’ve linked to my original reviews where applicable and added some new commentary not available elsewhere. The top 25 are presented in...
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