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This Week’s Model — Steve Mason, “The People Say”

January 27, 2023 Dan Seeger

ROB AND DICK stand behind the counter. Rob holds a CD in his hand. Rob leans over to Dick. ROB I will now sell five copies of Brothers & Sisters by Steve Mason DICK Do it. Rob pops in the … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Steve Mason, “The People Say”

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Top Ten Movies of 2022 — Number Ten

January 26, 2023January 25, 2023 Dan Seeger

In Fire of Love, director Sara Dosa traces the collaborative career of Katia and Maurice Krafft, who gained renown in the nineteen-seventies and nineteen-eighties for their daring pursuit of volcanic eruptions. The married couple exhaustively filmed and photographed their exploits, … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2022 — Number Ten

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Top Ten Movies of 2022 — An Introduction

January 25, 2023January 24, 2023 Dan Seeger

As I alluded to yesterday, 2022 struck me a topsy-turvy year in film. In certain respects, that’s understandable. Collectively, we are easing into a new understanding of how to operate in public spaces now that loads of people have decided … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2022 — An Introduction

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All at Once — Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations

January 24, 2023 Dan Seeger

Befitting a year in which Hollywood reeled in continuous confusion trying to adjust to the new reality of the post-COVID version of moviegoing, the Oscar nominations feel all over the place. There’s this wild convergence of old and new strewn … Continue reading All at Once — Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations

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Then Playing — Near Dark; Elvis; Amsterdam

January 23, 2023 Dan Seeger

Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987). It’s amusing now to see that Kathryn Bigelow filled her solo directorial debut with actors imported from Aliens, the action sequel made the previous years by her future husband, James Cameron. Especially since Cameron has … Continue reading Then Playing — Near Dark; Elvis; Amsterdam

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #89 to #87

January 22, 2023 Dan Seeger

89. The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) On the strength of their sophomore album, Reggatta De Blanc, the Police were a major rock act. That was undeniable. Even so, the band’s label, A&M Records, wasn’t satisfied. Although the trio had already … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #89 to #87

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Outside Reading — The Truth Is Coming edition

January 21, 2023 Dan Seeger

Gaining Accolades While Covering War Victims in Burkina Faso by Clair MacDougall In the regular Saturday Profile section of The New York Times, Clair MacDougall spotlight another journalist. Mariam Ouédraogo has earned several awards, including recently one the most prestigious, … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Truth Is Coming edition

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This Week’s Model — boygenius, “$20”

January 20, 2023 Dan Seeger

When the first boygenius EP came out, in 2018, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus were all up-and-comers. Baker and Dacus has two solo albums to their credit, and Bridgers had one. Since then, they’ve only commanded more attention … Continue reading This Week’s Model — boygenius, “$20”

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My Misspent Youth — The Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith

January 19, 2023 Dan Seeger

I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. Paul Smith hadn’t drawn that many comic books when he was … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — The Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith

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Then Playing — White Noise; Resurrection; The Eternal Daughter

January 18, 2023 Dan Seeger

White Noise (Noah Baumbach, 2022). The only way this film can reasonable be deemed a success is by subscribing to the wholly unsupported premise that writer-director Noah Baumbach set out to prove that Don DeLillo’s landmark 1985 novel was accurately … Continue reading Then Playing — White Noise; Resurrection; The Eternal Daughter

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