Friday, September 20, 2013
"Farewell to America, the Country I've Never Been"
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If you've ever wondered what it's like for someone from a foreign country to see stereotypes of their nationality portrayed in Ame...
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Bodies in the Gears
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Now here's a man who could play Ichabod Crane, David Thewlis, and he nearly is here in Mike Leigh's 1993 film Naked . Perhaps it w...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Why Bother with the 18th Century if George Washington Isn't Involved?
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I've been seeing this new Sleepy Hollow getting talked about on io9 where a couple writers seem to be thoroughly ecstatic about it. ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
No Volunteers
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Last night I dreamt my primary means of transportation was a swarm of bees that crawled about, never flying, carrying me in a sitting positi...
Monday, September 16, 2013
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Having seen only two of John Woo's Chinese films now, I'm starting to understand why they're so much better than his American ...
Sunday, September 15, 2013
The Murder Bouquet
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Is it appropriate to wonder whether a villain would be happier married to another villain or to a virtuous person whose faith and position...
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Some Memory Lanes Were Never There
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For some reason to-day I got to thinking about the Interpersonal Communication class I took a couple years ago. Just as a sort of idle chall...
Friday, September 13, 2013
Markets of Lives and Souls
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Violence here and its unpredictable consequences lurk ever on the edge of reality. Like in his Get Carter , Mike Hodges' 1987 film A P...
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