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Nicole Holofcener
8Jul

Nicole Holofcener: The 1990s indie scene was “exciting.” Today it’s “obscene.”

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https://www.avclub.com/nicole-holofcener-indie-filmmaking-comments-black-widow-1851575986 Per the AV Club and The Hollywood Reporter: “Independent movies when I was coming up in the ’90s were really exciting and open, and studios were willing to take chances on me—weirdos. I was at Sundance with Todd Solondz and Quentin Tarantino,” Holofcener said during a Q&A at the Czech Republic’s Karlovy Vary International […]

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9Jun

Kiss or Kill (1997)

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Kiss or Kill is a film noir in every way except for its visuals. It’s a crime thriller featuring two hapless con artists who accidentally kill a mark and go on the run across the Australian outback. So instead of dark alleys and underground nightclubs we get blazing hot deserts, out of the way motels, […]

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Run Lola Run
18May

Run Lola Run (1998)

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Run Lola Run is everything one goes to the movies for. It has action, crime, ironic comedy, hotly-burning young love, and sharply-realized characters. It also has meditations on destiny, free will, and the plasticity of time. Tom Tykwer, the brilliant writer-director-co-composer, has stuffed every idea he possibly conceived into the brisk 80 minutes of running […]

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29Feb

13 Movies: Lovely & Amazing

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Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener I am not opposed to nudity in movies. As with violence, swearing, and other transgressions, I am staunchly opposed to it when its sole purpose is to titillate. Nudity for the sake of sensationalism betrays an artistic laziness similar to blowing something up or swooping in with an unnecessary […]

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24Feb

13 Movies: My Neighbor Totoro

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Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki The two girls enter the house. They don’t want to be here, away from friends and school. But their mother is in a rural hospital, and dad has moved them to this rental to be closer to her. In the midst of this unease, they open a door and […]

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Denzel Washington in Spike Lee's Malcolm X
22Feb

13 Movies: Malcolm X

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Directed by Spike Lee, screenplay by Arnold Perl and Lee based on The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley If any filmmaker working today could claim the legacy of David Lean, it would be Steven Spielberg. The man who brought us Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire of the […]

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Triumph of the Will screen shot
18Feb

13 Movies: Triumph of the Will

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Directed by Leni Riefenstahl The list of reviled movies everyone should see is short. In fact, I would say there is only one reprehensible film that makes the list: Triumph of the Will, a film not only about Adolf Hitler, but one that helped elevate him to power and is therefore responsible for the Holocaust […]

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1Feb

13 Movies: Topkapi

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Directed by Jules Dassin, written by Monja Danischewsky, based on The Light of Day by Eric Ambler The bad guys are the good guys. This seems a simple, uncomplicated conceit. But to a 12-year-old boy weaned on Star Wars and Indiana Jones, this idea was revolutionary. Like Capricorn One and Time After Time, Topkapi was […]

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31Jan

13 Movies: Wall-E

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Directed by Andrew Stanton, screenplay by Stanton and Jim Reardon, story by Stanton and Pete Docter I’m going to pick 13 movies. They may be an influence on my writing, on my filmmaking, or on my thinking. They may just be movies I like. There may be more than 13. From 1995’s Toy Story to 2019’s […]

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14Jan

13 Movies: American Psycho

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Directed by Mary Harron, written by Harron and Guinevere Turner from the novel by Bret Easton Ellis I’m going to pick 13 movies. They may be an influence on my writing, on my filmmaking, or on my thinking. They may just be movies I like. There may be more than 13. Here’s a hot take. […]

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