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The Vine: January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016 – 10:29 AM | 4 Comments
The Vine: January 20, 2016

There are a number of books I read as a younger woman that I wish I could find and read again, but for whatever reason, this one has been bedeviling me of late.

Cinemarch Madness: De Palma Division Poll
March 12, 2013 – 10:09 AM | 17 Comments
Cinemarch Madness: De Palma Division Poll

Wow.
I don’t know if Blow Out will do very well, but it’s a great film with no hope for human beings — as well as 1) De Palma at his best at harnessing his intensities …

Les Miserables: Uch, haine
February 7, 2013 – 7:17 PM | 30 Comments
<I>Les Miserables</I>: Uch, <I>haine</I>

Never have I been so delighted to break a review screener in half as instructed. Les Miserables is everything I mean when I say I hate musicals: loud, obvious, sincere, leaden, fucking goddamn endless. Every …