I saw this live at The Paramount when it was the “Hey, There's More Tour” on Feb 23, 2020. It was an amazing set. Who’d have thunk that in literal weeks the United States would shut down and just months later Lynn Shelton would pass. I felt so bad for Marc.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
Sergio Leone’s The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly stands as a masterclass in visual storytelling, transforming the Western genre with its stark, operatic grandeur and Ennio Morricone’s unforgettable score. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach embody mythic, morally ambiguous figures, elevating the film beyond simple heroism into a meditation on greed and survival. Leone’s use of extreme close-ups and sprawling landscapes crafts an almost mythological sense of scale, but the film’s languid pacing—particularly in its second act—occasionally saps momentum. Still, the breathtaking final standoff, framed like a lethal ballet, solidifies the film as an enduring cinematic triumph.
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A Fistful of Dollars 1964
A Fistful of Dollars isn’t just a western—it’s a showdown between style and swagger, and swagger wins. Clint Eastwood’s Man with No Name speaks about five words but somehow says everything with a smirk. It’s like watching a silent film where the guns do all the talking—and boy, do they have a lot to say. Unlike the clean-cut cowboys of old, this film rolls around in the dust and loves it, giving birth to the Spaghetti Western with a wink…
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A Real Pain 2024
A Real Pain is a profound meditation on grief, identity, and the fragile threads that bind family across generations. Directed by Jesse Eisenberg, the film charts the journey of two cousins—played by Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin—traveling through Poland to reconnect with their Jewish heritage. Eisenberg and Culkin share an intuitive, almost symbiotic dynamic—two sides of the same weathered coin—seamlessly shifting between levity and sorrow.
Culkin’s performance is revelatory, layering biting humor with raw, unguarded vulnerability, crafting a character who feels…
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