Taxi Driver, much like history, repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce. Raging Bull…
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An especially wrongful cliché about feminism is that it promotes the advancement of women at…
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Zoë Z. Dean has had as excellent a debut as a writer could have: her…
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The theory at the Oscar party I hosted/attended (it’s my party, but I don’t have…
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Things were not looking good for our hero when he began work on Raging Bull.…
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Where I post this has floated around, but every year, as close to the ceremony…
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It seems hardly a coincidence that the looser construction of film narratives in the 70s…
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Warning: this podcast contains spoilers. Intro music: “Coffee Shop” by Elliot Goldenthal from the Heat score.
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Scorsese had been there at the peak of rock and roll, as an editor and…
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Whenever a bloated, overlong action movie gets inflicted on the viewing public, someone can be…
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