Still so wonderful after all these years.
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The Fan 1981
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I want more movies to be like The Fan. It has everything I want in a film from this time period, from the direction and editing to the font used in the opening and closing credit sequences. Maureen Stapleton steals the show, which is God’s plan; she was the only woman who could do what Thelma Ritter could. And who knew Michael Biehn had this movie in him. Everything he’s done since this feels like it’s either running away from…
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985
Still a masterpiece after thirty years of loving this. When I was a kid, I was the one who introduced it to my friends, and as a teenager I showed it to anyone who inexplicably had not grown up memorizing every line and perfecting Pee Wee’s vocal range. Tonight we showed it to our son, who had seen clips on youtube but had been wanting to see the whole thing. Watching him enjoy it and laugh at the stuff I…
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