Film Thoughts

Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture

01.10.2011 Film Thoughts
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On Friday, Paul and I headed a screening of Tiny Furniture at the MFA. It was one of  those screenings where you look around and everyone looks like you. There were some truly excellent things about this film which I’ve listed below: A hamster appears in the opening scene like a thing of all-encompassing  beauty/grace [...]

Tagged as: Laurie Simmons, Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture

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Gotta do a shout out during all this Golden Globe nonsense.

01.04.2011 Film Thoughts
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During this disappointing and downright disgusting golden globe season (I mean, The Tourist? REALLY? Inception? REALLY? BLACK SWAN? REALLY?) I’ve seen three films I’m going to bat for. One, Winter’s Bone, because it surprised the shit out of me. Two, The King’s Speech, because it met my reasonably high expectations. (I haven’t seen True Grit yet, [...]

Tagged as: Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Colin Firth, Film, Geoffrey Rush, Jennifer Lawrence, Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter, The King's Speech, Winter's Bone

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2010 Cinema Arts Film Festival

11.15.2010 Film Thoughts
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I want to shout out to whoever curated the 2010 Cinema Arts Film Festival in Houston this year. While I couldn’t attend as many events as I wanted to, there was plenty to see and nothing sucked (except for Black Swan – see below). But on the whole, I saw some great movies and heard [...]

Tagged as: Alex Gibney, Brent Green, Darren Aronofsky, Eliot Spitzer, Film, H-town, Shirley Maclaine, Svetlana Geier, Vadim Jendreyko

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The Social Network

10.26.2010 Film Thoughts
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I’m still reeling from my utter disappointment in “The Social Network.”  I saw it nearly a month ago and I can’t seem to unravel exactly why my hopes were so high and my disgust so acute. It’s easy to see the film’s weaknesses. Fincher’s pace, coupled with Sorkin’s snappiness, were enough to derail even the best [...]

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Memory Lane Movie List

06.29.2005 Film Thoughts
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This is memory lane in the form of movies I have watched and remembered (either the actual movie or where/when I watched them. Turning points, you might say.

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