Favorites include great movies celebrating 25th, 50th, 75th, and 100th anniversaries this year.
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Dazed and Confused 1993
It’s the most nostalgic movie I’ve seen. And what is the nostalgia for? The movie is set before I was born in a state I’ve never even visited. Focusing primarily on jocks, a group I never joined. Suffering a hazing ritual I’ve never known to exist. Yet...I’ve felt that joy busting out of school on the last day. I’ve felt that awareness when you walk away from one part of your life into another in an almost conscious decision, like…
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Wild at Heart 1990
First viewing in over thirty years, introduced by cinematographer Frederick Helmes, screened on his own 35mm print. An amazing David Lynch double feature.
The movie itself is as extremes I remembered it. It’s quintessential Cage, and it’s like Lynch demanded everyone else match his energy.Translated from by -
Blue Velvet 1986
I’m officially addicted to revival screenings. Cinematographer Frederick Elmes introduced the movie and did a Q & A after. Just so special.
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Brick 2005
Scene after scene, this thing swings for the fences. And more often than not, it makes contact. I could completely imagine Brick being a joy to watch with a crowd. (I’m so sad I blew it!) but even at home, Brick is a crowd pleaser.
I love that the universe of their high school is so grand that students go months without seeing each other, and eating lunch in the back of the school may as well be eating lunch…
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Quiz Show 1994
Earlier this year, I watched The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything, two films I'd say deserve the pejorative label, "Oscar bait." This past week, I've watched Atonement and Quiz Show, two films that I have to assume when they were released were also accused of being Oscar bait. As it turns out, Oscar used to only fall for high-quality bait.
What I love is that at the time, in 1994, when I first saw this in theaters, I…
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