2022 Year-End Review: What I Learned

This year, I watched more new-to-me movies than I’d ever watched before in a single year. I don’t have all that much in common with Pauline Kael, but as she boasted that she never saw a movie twice, I much prefer to learn a new movie rather than experience a movie I’ve seen before. I… Read More 2022 Year-End Review: What I Learned

December 16, 2022 TimLeave a comment

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Dir. John Cromwell. Starring Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon Why was Lincoln two and a half hours long when the only things that anyone cared about were Daniel Day-Lewis saying “Now! Now!” and that one dude speaking the greatest line in movie history? I am mostly kidding, because I do recall going to theaters to see… Read More Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

June 3, 2020 TimLeave a comment

Seeing Things Secondhand

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2022 Year-End Review: What I Learned

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)