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Entries Tagged as 'Museums and galleries'

He Adored New York City

July 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments

In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak onto Turner Classic Movies [...]

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Tags: Drunk scene · Famous line · Midlife crisis · Museums and galleries · Music · No opening credits · Psychoanalysis · Unconventional romance

Either It’s Raining, Or I’m Dreaming

July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak onto Turner Classic Movies [...]

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Tags: Based on novel · Dreams and visions · Femme fatale · Military · Museums and galleries · Road trip · Train · Unconventional romance

Merchant Ivory in Prime Time

May 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Amazing Stories 1.12: Vanessa In the Garden (1985)
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written by Steven Spielberg
Produced by David E. Vogel
24 minutes 40 seconds
After directing four of the biggest box office successes of all time within a 10-year time frame, Steven Spielberg was a brand name that NBC felt confident committing 44 half-hours of prime time to with [...]

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Tags: Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · Midlife crisis · Museums and galleries · Supernatural

A Quirk In Evolution

March 28th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Idiocracy (2006)
Directed by Mike Judge
Screenplay by Mike Judge & Etan Cohen, story by Mike Judge
Produced by Mike Judge, Elysa Koplovitz
84 minutes
Should I Care?
In a case as mysterious as lightning striking twice, the long awaited follow-up from Austin based animator and filmmaker Mike Judge was wrapped in a blanket and abandoned on a church doorstep [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Black comedy · Cult favorite · End of the world · Famous line · Military · Museums and galleries · Prostitute · Shot In Texas