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M*A*S*H (1970)

Dir. Robert Altman. Starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman One could sit around with a couple cocktails and some jazz in the background and have a very pleasant debate about which genre the swell matters more in. Does the swell matter more in drama, where a series of events pile on top of one… Read More M*A*S*H (1970)

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Better than BFI’s Top 100: 10-8

For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here   10) Don’t Look Now (1973), directed by Nicolas Roeg As a mystery in English, I’m not sure there’s another picture that compares to Don’t Look Now until Mulholland Drive, and even then those two movies take such different approaches to solving mysteries that… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 10-8

July 22, 2019 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

Better than BFI’s Top 100: 80-76

For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here.    80) The Last Emperor (1987), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci Nothing says communism like a dull color palette: one hundred and fifty shades of gray, dead blues, dried puke greens, dried snot yellows, orange that’s been out in the sun too… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 80-76

May 30, 2019 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

Better than the Oscars: 85-81

The following is from my series of Oscar Best Picture rankings, as well as my strongly worded suggestions for what should have won from among the nominees. For an introduction to the project, click here. For a way to vote on some Oscar-related ideas, click here. If I’ve written a review on any of the… Read More Better than the Oscars: 85-81

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

Ordinary People (1980)

Dir. Robert Redford. Starring Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore For a movie which places several of its most important scenes in therapy—a movie which is obsessive about getting Conrad (Hutton) to say what it is that’s been eating him up—it’s shocking that no one is willing to tell Beth (Moore), in plain English,… Read More Ordinary People (1980)

February 1, 2018 speakerformediocrities3 Comments

100 Exceptional American Movies in 10 Genres: Speculative, 5-1

You can read up on the basis for this series here, and also find links to other posts in the series. Movies I’ve reviewed on this site have a link in the title which you can follow to read my full review.   5) Groundhog Day (1993), directed by Harold Ramis “What if a man… Read More 100 Exceptional American Movies in 10 Genres: Speculative, 5-1

July 30, 2017September 25, 2017 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

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