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Cinemarch Madness: Coppola Division Poll
March 7, 2013 – 2:55 PM | 9 Comments
Cinemarch Madness: Coppola Division Poll

I haven’t seen a few key entries in the Coppola division, which I suspect is making my decision easier here. Not “easy,” but easier.
Based on what I have seen, I can rule out Apocalypse Now …

Colors
November 29, 2009 – 12:24 PM | 29 Comments
<I>Colors</I>

Another one for the “I added it to my Netflix queue years ago and have no memory of why” file, I sat down to Colors expecting to have to endure it. For one thing, Sean …

Blue Velvet
July 6, 2009 – 9:15 PM | 30 Comments
<I>Blue Velvet</I>

David Lynch is, for me, an odd case.Everything he’s doing in a given film, the nods to and lifts from noir, the dreamy callbacks, the pointed ugliness in the candy coating, I can get behind …