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Category Archives: TV & Cable
Best Documentaries 2018 – Supplemental
See below for more on some of the films in my Best Documentaries Part 2 list. ________________________________________________________ Hal _______________________________________________________ John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection ______________________________________________________ Kusama: Infinity _______________________________________________________ Love, Cecil David Bailey is a fashion and portrait photographer … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Documentaries, Film, Film posters, Home Video, photography, Streaming, TV & Cable
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What I Saw Last Year: Best Documentaries 2018 – Part 2
Here are the rest of my top choices for 2018. _________________________________________________________ Chef Flynn (Cameron Yates, director) Flynn McGarry opened a restaurant he called Eureka in his home at age 11. His journey is amazing. Totally encouraged by his mother, Meg … Continue reading
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What I Saw Last Year: Best Documentaries 2018 – Part 1
Last year was another excellent year for documentary features. Of the 15 films on my list, my top picks are Free Solo, Watergate, and Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Free Solo (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai … Continue reading
Best Features 2018 – Supplemental
Once again, for those who want to take a deeper dive into some of the films on my Best Features list, here is a selection of interviews that will add to your experience of those films. Take your pick. ________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
Posted in Feature films, Fiction, Film, Home Video, Music, Streaming, TV & Cable
Tagged 24 Frames, Abbas Kiarostami, Beirut, Black '47, Capernaum, Carrie Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Ethan Hawke, First Reformed, Hearts Beat Loud, Hugo Weaving, Jake Gyllanhall, Lance Daly, Nadine Labaki, Paul Dano, Paul Schrader, Richard Ford, Roma, The Favourite, The Great Famine, The Rider, Wildlife, Zoe Kazan
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What I Saw Last Year: Best Feature Films 2018
It was a year of many exceptional films. The following three are my top picks, the best of the 373 features (including documentaries) I saw in 2018. (Yeah, I know, get a life.) __________________________________________________________ Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, director & co-writer) … Continue reading
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Another One Bites the Dust — Happy New Year from Films etc.
It’s been a good year for film and television, but pretty grim otherwise, both nationally and globally. I just hope that the creature in the White House finally implodes without taking the rest of us with him. That said, here’s … Continue reading
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Ida Lupino – Supplemental
This includes, in no particular order, a selection of material I didn’t have room for in my previous post on Ida Lupino. _______________________________________________________ The Man I Love (1947) was the fourth feature directed by Raoul Walsh that Lupino appeared in, … Continue reading
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