Category Archives: FILM REVIEW

Gnomicon 166

Posted on 22 October 2012 by

If you have not already done so, you may wish to read the Introduction to Gnomica. Gnomicon  166 Monday 22 October 2012 Read gnomica 1-150 here! 151     152     153     154     155     156     157     158     159     160     161 162     163     164     … Continue reading →

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Gnomicon 155

Posted on 11 October 2012 by

If you have not already done so, you may wish to read the Introduction to Gnomica. Gnomicon  155 Thursday 11 October 2012 Read gnomica 1-150 here! 151     152     153     154 Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world. Jean-Luc … Continue reading →

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Gnomicon 118

Posted on 4 September 2012 by

If you have not already done so, you may wish to read the Introduction to Gnomica. Gnomicon  118 Tuesday 4 September 2012 Read gnomica 1-100 here! 101     102     103     104     105     106     107     108     109     110     111     112     113     114     … Continue reading →

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Liminality

Posted on 7 February 2012 by

The modern English noun liminality and its adjective liminal are derived from the Latin word limen ‘threshold’, and I for one am just madly in love this word and its universe – my world is so well described by it!  … Continue reading →

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BEYOND RANGOON

Posted on 22 January 2012 by

This is a hauntingly beautiful study of death and rebirth, of loss and recovery, of the a cross-cutting interplay between the microcosms of personal desire and a macrocosm of political tyranny. It is a must-see if you haven’t already.  Really! The acting in … Continue reading →

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Love Scenes in Films

Posted on 5 January 2012 by

We all have favorite books, song, and movies.  Do we all likewise have favorite scenes in movies, or favorite types of scenes?  I like and even love love scenes, and I certainly have some that I think are particularly effective … Continue reading →

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SECRET GAMES

Posted on 3 January 2012 by

DATA and CAST Subtlety is not the distinguishing feature of Secret Games, a piece of elegant trash wrapped in the slick packaging of a neatly filmed triangle tale in which a wife turned high-class whore becomes a kind of Rorschach … Continue reading →

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Pure Country

Posted on 2 January 2012 by

DATA and CAST When I assign this film to the genre ‘country’, I indulge in a private short hand.  These are films that use the ambience of the world of country-western music as setting for the story – a story … Continue reading →

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2011 in review

Posted on 1 January 2012 by

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,900 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

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BEAUTIFUL

Posted on 30 December 2011 by

DATA and CAST Allow me to vent! One night I was surfing the channels, as is sometimes my wont late in the day.  I caught Beautiful (2000) right after it had started, and stayed with it:  I like Minnie Driver!  … Continue reading →

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