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Review

Downsizing (2017)

The narrative structure of Downsizing is baffling.

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Review

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Anatomy of a Fall’s script offers a rich landscape of ideas intelligently explored.

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TV Review Guest Post

Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 2

Something that sets Gangs of London apart as a TV production is the pedigree of the directors brought in to work on it.

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Review

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Killers of the Flower Moon is a Martin Scorsese film.

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List/Ranking Essay Site Update

My OFCS Nominating Ballot (2023)

As part of my OFCS selection, I get to submit both nominations and voting ballots for their annual awards.

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Site Update

Looking Back: Goals for 2023

At the start of 2023, I set some goals for myself and for the site.

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Review

Beau is Afraid (2023)

Ari Aster’s first two movies, Hereditary and Midsommar, didn’t set my world on fire, but are both solid bits of direction sabotaged in various degrees by uneven plots stretched thin.

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Review

Nebraska (2013)

If you can get past the boredom, Nebraska will sneak up on you.

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Review

The Descendants (2011)

In the seven years between Sideways and The Descendants, Alexander Payne hit the directorial equivalent of writers block.

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Review

Sideways (2004)

Sideways offers a middle ground between Election and About Schmidt