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On Criterion: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
After the great Maggie Smith’s passing earlier this week, I wanted to re-watch The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Unable to find it on streaming, I settled…
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Cecily Carver
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The Ideal Fascist: The Conformist, Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia’s protagonists, in the novels of his I’ve read, are almost self-consciously off-putting: narcissistic, self-loathing, compulsive, and…
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Cecily Carver
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Two Other Movies About Napoleon
Abel Gance and Greta Garbo
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Cecily Carver
What to watch on Criterion: In the Mood for Love
On "The Swoon"
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Cecily Carver
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What to watch on Criterion: Il Sorpasso
Il Sorpasso (1962, directed by Dino Risi) is the most Italian movie I’ve seen in a while, by which I mean it’s overflowing with a certain kind of…
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Cecily Carver
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Things Lonely People Do
The Green Ray
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Cecily Carver
A Comfort Movie About Death
Cléo from 5 to 7
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Cecily Carver
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All About Eve, waiting to be "chosen"
Before the pandemic, I took a couple of private waltz lessons, with the intention of learning how to waltz well enough that I’d feel confident going to…
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Cecily Carver
Napoleon vu par Abel Gance
Silent movies and rapturousness
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Cecily Carver
Tár, Furtwängler, Complicity
I’ll start off by saying: I adored Tár, have seen it twice and think of it often, but also have no desire to add yet another take to the heap.
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Cecily Carver
Bergman's Persona
What happens when you stop playing roles
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Cecily Carver
Scenes from a Marriage
The Bergman one, not the new HBO one
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Cecily Carver
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