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The Art of the Sell — Close Encounters of the Third Kind movie poster

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Dan Seeger

These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Sometimes I think my first real lessons in the intense power an image can hold came from … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Close Encounters of the Third Kind movie poster

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Outside Reading — Six from 2022

December 31, 2022December 29, 2022 Dan Seeger

Saturdays are when I use my little corner of the digital world to excitedly redirect eyes to the recent writing of others. As the year comes to a close, I’ll offer encore hyperlinks to the following six pieces, presented more … Continue reading Outside Reading — Six from 2022

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Then Playing — She Said; The Corn Is Green; Aftersun

December 27, 2022 Dan Seeger

She Said (Maria Schrader, 2022). This journalism procedural is adapted from Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s book of the same name which recounted their pursuit of the blockbuster New York Times story that exposed years of sexual predation by producer … Continue reading Then Playing — She Said; The Corn Is Green; Aftersun

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Now Playing — Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

December 26, 2022 Dan Seeger

I truly believe Rian Johnson has found the character he could writer and direct exclusively for the remainder of his days and be satsisfied all the way. Johnson’s 2019 feature, Knives Out, introduced Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), a master detective … Continue reading Now Playing — Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

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Laughing Matters — Starring Kurt Russell Laughing His Ass Off

December 14, 2022 Dan Seeger

Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. As a companion to … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Starring Kurt Russell Laughing His Ass Off

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Then Playing — Dementia 13; Emily the Criminal; Goodbye Again

December 13, 2022 Dan Seeger

Dementia 13 (Francis Ford Coppola, 1963). The first feature directed by Francis Ford Coppola is miles away from the elegant import of The Godfather and other more esteemed entries on his filmography. Made within the confines of Roger Corman’s scrappy … Continue reading Then Playing — Dementia 13; Emily the Criminal; Goodbye Again

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Then Playing — The Sheepman; Hangmen Also Die!; Don’t Worry Darling

December 8, 2022 Dan Seeger

The Sheepman (George Marshall, 1958). This Western stars Glenn Ford as Jason Sweet, a deceptively genial schemer who shows up in a ranching town with a herd of sheep he plans to graze on public land, much to the consternation … Continue reading Then Playing — The Sheepman; Hangmen Also Die!; Don’t Worry Darling

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The Art of the Sell — Tootsie teaser trailer

December 7, 2022December 8, 2022 Dan Seeger

These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Sydney Pollack didn’t want to act in Tootsie. He started in the showbiz as an actor, but … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Tootsie teaser trailer

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Then Playing — Stop-Loss; Gilda Live; Winter Meeting

December 6, 2022 Dan Seeger

Stop-Loss (Kimberly Peirce, 2008). There was nearly a ten-year gap between Kimberly Peirce’s sensational feature debut, Boys Don’t Cry, and her follow-up, Stop-Loss, which is presumably indicative of the ridiculously difficult time female filmmakers have bringing projects to fruition. Stop-Loss … Continue reading Then Playing — Stop-Loss; Gilda Live; Winter Meeting

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Outside Reading — Canon Fire edition

December 3, 2022 Dan Seeger

The New Number One Film On Sight And Sound’s Greatest Movie List Is A Step Forward, But More Needs To Be Done by Erin Brady Writing for /Film, Erin Brady considers the latest Sight and Sound list of the one … Continue reading Outside Reading — Canon Fire edition

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