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Entries Tagged as 'Small town'

A Bunch of Bad Ass Chicks on Skates

September 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments

The Bechdel Test was named for Allison Bechdel, whose comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For in 1985 measured female presence in movies by employing three criteria: Are there two or more women in it, with names? Do the women talk to each other? About something other than a man? Far too many mainstream movies [...]

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Tags: Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Coming of age · Drunk scene · High school · Mother/daughter relationship · No opening credits · Road trip · Shot In Texas · Small town · Sports

Ruining A Good Story With Too Much Research

August 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Roman Polanski was born August 18, 1933 in Paris. The sordid details of his flight from the United States in 1978 have often overshadowed discussion of the director’s work, which at the age of 77, includes one of the best films of 2010. Is he a world class filmmaker? In the month of August, I [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Femme fatale · Forensic evidence · Interrogation · Murder mystery · No opening credits · Paranoia · Small town

Our Name Has Become d’Urberville

August 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments

Roman Polanski was born August 18, 1933 in Paris. The sordid details of his flight from the United States in 1978 have often overshadowed discussion of the director’s work, which at the age of 77, includes one of the best films of 2010. Is he a world class filmmaker? In the month of August, I [...]

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Tags: Based on novel · Coming of age · Drunk scene · Father/daughter relationship · Father/son relationship · Small town · Train · Unconventional romance

Only Swords Can Settle Things Now

July 25th, 2010 · 2 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: Black comedy · Crooked officer · Gangsters and hoodlums · Interrogation · Prostitute · Small town · Sword fight