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Looking backwards

August 18, 2004

I just unloaded a bunch of FanTasia pictures from the camera in preparation for GenCon; my blog is the beneficiary of this wealth. It wasn’t a heavy picture-taking trip for me but I got a few good shots. Please keep in mind that Montreal is much prettier and funkier than one might think from my photography.

Paper Moon, 1973 - ★★★★½
August 23, 2025
So that’s where Steve Holland got “I want my two dollars!” from.Hugely charming, with Ryan O’Neal not essaying anything beyond his capacity and Tatum O’Neal absolutely nailing the nuances. Watch her the first time she plays a major role in a con, solo: she’s confident and uncertain and stubborn. Meanwhile Bogdanovich is exercising all his rich […]
IndieWire 100 Best Movies of the 1970s
August 22, 2025
Indiewire recently published their 100 best movies of the 1970s, and here's the list for easy reference. Give them a click if you find it useful. All That Jazz Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles The Godfather The Godfather Part II Alien Aguirre, the Wrath of […]
Stats Challenge
August 21, 2025
I do love me a gamified challenge! This is from nora; here's the original. Since some of these will change over time, the date of record is August 21st, 2025.Rules, to save a click:1. a film in your least-watched genre from your third most-watched country.2. the highest-rated film by the director of one of your […]
Martha Marcy May Marlene, 2011 - ★★★★
August 20, 2025
I dunno, man, Elizabeth Olsen. It's a showy great performance. She's layering all these different emotional connections which strengthen and fray over the course of the film, mostly non-verbally. When Martha does burst out in anger, it's one of the high points of the film because of how much time she's spent not saying what […]
Thunder Road, 2018 - ★★★★
August 19, 2025
Jim Cummings serves up a tender story about family and the tenuous bonds that hold us together alongside a brutal cringe comedy. By the end I sympathize with Jim Arnaud; Cummings gives him fascinating depth. I don’t want to be anywhere near him when he he has a gun, though.