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Outside Reading — Darkening Screens edition

October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 Dan Seeger

A Big-Screen Small Business Fights an Epic Battle for Life by Nicole Sperling It pains and angers me that the abject refusal of certain leaders to deal realistically with the global pandemic is leading to the likely destruction of the … Continue reading Outside Reading — Darkening Screens edition

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Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Nine

October 29, 2020 Dan Seeger

#9 — Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach, 2013) In the ten year stretch of films covered by this survey, I think there may be no single scene that thrills me more than the one that begins with a title card that presents … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Nine

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Then Playing — The Woman Who Ran; Gemini Man; 21 Bridges

October 28, 2020 Dan Seeger

The Woman Who Ran (Hong Sang-soo, 2020). Gam-hee (Kim Min-hee) is on a sort of urban walkabout, visiting different friends who, it seems, she hasn’t encountered in quite some time. She notes repeatedly that her husband prefer the two of … Continue reading Then Playing — The Woman Who Ran; Gemini Man; 21 Bridges

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Now Playing — American Utopia

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Dan Seeger

Like Jonathan Demme before him, Spike Lee isn’t particular interested in the audience. When Demme directed Stop Making Sense — still, and likely forever, the correct conclusion to any debate about the greatest concert movie ever made — he notably … Continue reading Now Playing — American Utopia

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Trivia Answer of the Day — Cornucopia Bakery

October 20, 2020October 18, 2020 Dan Seeger

This perpetually trying year has scrambled a lot of traditions for everyone. Usually, my beloved college radio alma mater stages its biggest fundraiser — which happens to also be one of the biggest community events of the year — every … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Cornucopia Bakery

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Then Playing — Little Monsters; Underwater; Like a Boss

October 14, 2020 Dan Seeger

Little Monsters (Abe Forsythe, 2019). This comedic horror romp doesn’t have much to recommended it beyond the bright charisma of Lupita Nyong’o, but that just might be enough. Nyong’o plays Caroline, a sweet kindergarten teacher in Australia. A field trip … Continue reading Then Playing — Little Monsters; Underwater; Like a Boss

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Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Ten

October 13, 2020 Dan Seeger

#10 — Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016) Part of the progression of cinema during the twenty-tens involved an ongoing discussion — and corresponding recalibration — of who gets to tell which stories. Cultural appropriation wasn’t an entirely novel concept ahead of the … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Ten

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Then Playing — Cameraperson, Wild Rose, Women Who Loved Cinema

October 12, 2020 Dan Seeger

Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016). A reminiscence in the form of a cinematic scrapbook, Kristen Johnson assembles footage that represents her work across a couple decades as a cinematographer for documentaries. Less a greatest-hits clip show than a procession of moments … Continue reading Then Playing — Cameraperson, Wild Rose, Women Who Loved Cinema

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Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Eleven

October 8, 2020December 31, 2020 Dan Seeger

#11 — Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik, 2010) In the society where Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) grew up and still persists, the rules are tricky and unyielding. Ree is a teenager residing in the Ozarks. Family woes mean she is charged … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 10s — Number Eleven

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Now Playing — Dick Johnson is Dead

October 6, 2020 Dan Seeger

Dick Johnson made his movie debut in Cameraperson, the exceptional documentary directed by his daughter, Kirsten Johnson. The earlier feature is a memoir rendered through spare footage, mostly material Johnson shoot in her capacity as a cinematographer on dozens of … Continue reading Now Playing — Dick Johnson is Dead

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