Meet the Author - Rory Dean
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Above the Line: Practical Movie Reviews- Some Safety Glass Distance (2013) May 11, 2013Writing is in my blood, it makes me feel connected to an often overwhelming sense of disconnectedness. Continue reading →rorydean
- Argo (2012) April 6, 2013So "Argo" should be on your list of movies to watch if you've missed it up to now. Be advised that the thrills come in bite-fulls and the story is much more about an ensemble cast than any one particular player. This has double feature written all over it. Pick up a couple of other movies while you're at it and if all goes South in a hurr […]rorydean
- 629 March 30, 2013This filmic is a multi-layered visual experience that takes place not in the dream-world but along the road that surrounds it. Continue reading →bleuravyn
- I Melt With You (2011) March 1, 2013“I Melt With You” feels like the mid-life rights of passage you've heard about or are living, the runway that many men land and take off from. Gathered for many drinks with the best friends of their lives quickly becomes a dangerous Bacchanalia of doomed ritualizing, darkly lit and disturbing yet familiar to anyone who has ever fallen off the beaten pat […]rorydean
- Female Directors Redux February 27, 2013Reblogged from Above the Line: Female Directors Redux - Women in Film in Hollywood and beyond After reviewing my original list "Female Directors - Above and Beyond a Call to Duty" and discussing female filmmakers with a variety of film aficionados, … Continue reading →rorydean
- Some Safety Glass Distance (2013) May 11, 2013
Category Archives: philosophy and film
At The Movies
At the movies, that’s when I realize it’s happened again, I let my trusty guards down as soon as the fade in – that I’ve drowned in possibility at another lost chance at greatness that’s not even close to pretty goodness. Continue reading
Posted in Essays on Film, Movie I've Seen, My Review of Their Review:, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012 movies, 2013 films, above the line, Arts, hollywood, Indoor Theaters, Los Angeles, movie, movie experiences, Movie theater, practical movie reviews, rory dean, theater, United States
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Commentary on Movies, History and Perspective
What we look for most often when we sit down at the movies is a prevailing sense of having gone somewhere and experienced something. We’re looking for fulfillment or some substitute for it, call them distractions from our everyday or little excursions like holidays. Continue reading
Posted in Essays on art, Essays on Film, Movie I've Seen, My Review of Their Review:, Online, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves
Tagged above the line, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Picture, Arts, Entertainment, Film, film critic filmmaker, hollywood, hollywoodland, movie, movie rants, movies matter, practical movie reviews, Review, rory dean, why we go to the movies
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Above the Line: End of the Year (2012) Wrap Up
Movie review blogs are curious places filled with ideas and opinions and even dreams. Movies are the motion picture soundtracks of our lives, constantly lifting us up and setting us down, taking us away at least for a little while. Above the Line: Practical Movie Reviews is Rory Dean and Mr. Dean is a circle sometimes or better yet, a staircase leading forward, sometimes back, but always onward. Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray, Blu-ray Elite for Warner Home Video, Essays on art, Essays on Film, Guest Editors, In Theaters Now!, Movie I've Seen, Movie Makers & Shakers, Movies You Should or Should Not See, My Review of Their Review:, On DVD, Online, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012 write up, above the line, bloggers, blogosphere, blogs, critics, dissave pictures, end of year, film critic, filmmaker, lamb, movies, MUBI, practical movie reviews, rory dean, wrap up
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