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Why Write About The Movies We Hate
Apparently I’m not alone. We hate our movies and love them for all sorts of reasons. People hate theaters and theater people, they hate other movie goers and especially critics; that goes for bloggers who are equally hated by the stodgy officials of film criticism, teachers and theorists and other bloggers too. We even hate the movies we love. Continue reading
Posted in Essays on Film, Movie I've Seen, Movie Makers & Shakers, Movies You Should or Should Not See, My Review of Their Review:, Online, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely, Uncategorized
Tagged above the line, bad movies, blogging, dissave pictures, Film, film critic, film criticism, good movies, hollywood victims, la maniere que nous disons au revoir, movie rants, Movie theater, movie theater cathedrals, movies we hate, once beautiful past, popcorn bucket parking lots, practical movie reviews, rory dean, we hate movies
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Filmmaker and Film Critic makes Movie Blogger Efforts
Writing about movies is about as close to making them as I can get right now and I think it puts me in a unique position to share my thoughts as a bridge for others to fall in love with the how as much as the possibility of movies. Continue reading
Posted in Essays on art, Essays on Film, Movie I've Seen, Movie Makers & Shakers, Movies You Should or Should Not See, On DVD, Online, philosophy and film, Rants & Raves, Speak-Freely, Uncategorized
Tagged above the line, Academy of Art University, Arts, Dukes of Hazzard, east bay, Film, film critic, film criticism, filmmaker, Filmmaking, jean-luc godard, la maniere, movie, movie blogger, northern california, once beautiful past, practical movie reviews, rory dean, San Francisco
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Argo (2012)
So “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 hurry you can skip around, go and come back, have a hot dog why don’t you and then give it a while. Call “Argo” the lettuce and the cheese – just make sure you’ve got the right accoutrements to make it a meal. Continue reading
Posted in Movie I've Seen, Movie Makers & Shakers, Movies You Should or Should Not See, On DVD
Tagged 1980, 19th screen actors awards, 2012 films, 85th Academy Awards, Academy Award, Alan Arkin, Argo, ben affleck, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA mission, george clooney, golden globes winner, grant heslov, hollywood, Iran hostage crisis, john goodman, Joshuah Berman, once beautiful past, outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, rory dean, Screen Actors Guild Award, The Canadian Caper, The Great Escape”, Tony Mendez, United States, Wired magazine, writer/director
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Happy Birthday Above The Line
From the beginning I wanted this blog to be an extension of my creative writing, enlivened by my passion, pursuits and formal education in filmmaking. It would be the perfect opportunity for me to marry the perspectives of a film theorist and critic with that of an actual filmmaker. Continue reading
Posted in Essays on art, Essays on Film, Online, philosophy and film, Speak-Freely, Uncategorized
Tagged above the line, bay area movie reviews, film critic, film theory, filmmaker movie critic, movie blogs, movie reviews, once beautiful past, practical movie reviews, rory dean, san francisco filmmakers, writer directors
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