Category Archives: Movies

These are my kind of people…

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

As soon as I have a fancier computer on which I could actually stream things and watch video (technology that is impossible on my sad little old laptop), I am signing up for the film-on-demand Netflix alternative MUBI. Their intro … Continue reading →

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I’m not ready…

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

I’m not ready to be friends with you yet, my dear ex-boyfriend. I really want to be friends with you again, just for a moment, so that we can talk about the corgis in The King’s Speech. Did you freak out when you … Continue reading →

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Erica on being human and being adequate.

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

“Or you finally understand that they were just human. That everything you expected them–demanded them–to be wasn’t their job. You didn’t leave them because they were inadequate, as you made sure they knew at the time. Maybe you left them … Continue reading →

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On revealing preferences.

Posted on December 2, 2010 by

“When a movie really touches you it becomes personal. You internalize its message, its images, and someone else’s story is suddenly yours. It would be terribly boring and a bit frightening if you and your partner loved and hated all … Continue reading →

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On Frenchness and Paris on the silver screen.

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

“But Paris is special. Its uniquely dense weave of narrow streets and broad boulevards — concentric rings reflecting state-of-the-art mid-19th-century urban planning superimposed on a medieval core, with barely a right angle or parallel line in sight — discloses an … Continue reading →

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Oh, how I wish I had a Francophile boyfriend…

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

… for this movie at this theater, at least.

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I wish I had written this article.

Posted on February 17, 2010 by

Please read this article from Esquire about Roger Ebert. It’s perfect. The content is heartbreaking, beautifully written and the subject is fascinating and lovely.  My quotations here are gratuitous, but there is so much more quality within the article. I’ve always loved Ebert’s … Continue reading →

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“The big terrible things they’ve done…”

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

“Harvey and I sit in the bars, have a drink or two, play the juke box. And soon the faces of all the other people, they turn toward mine and they smile. And they’re saying, ‘We don’t know your name, mister, … Continue reading →

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The year in review.

Posted on January 8, 2009 by

My favorite cinematic releases Then She Found Me Rachel Getting Married Gran Torino Wall-E Happy Go Lucky My favorite books of those I read in 2008 (with livejournal quotations) The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton (1/13) Here They … Continue reading →

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