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Tattered Film Palace: June 2013
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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen." Sidney Lumet. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Celine and Jesse Redux. The first thought that occurred to me after seeing. Celine and Jesse's story begins in Before Sunrise. It is that "what-if" that makes these first two films so true and so satisfying for this viewer (and i'm sure for many others as well). Who hasn't had some brief, beautiful encounter and wondered what would have happened if? Is dedicated to her.
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Tattered Film Palace: You Can't Handle the Himalayas
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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen." Sidney Lumet. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. You Can't Handle the Himalayas. Just look at this gorgeous shot near the end of Black Narcissus. The rising sun just beginning to illuminate the snow-capped mountains in the background, as Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) reaches the end of an all-night vigil, hoping for the return of the wayward Sister Ruth (Kathleeen Byron):. John Wayne in The Searchers. But, enough of ...
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Tattered Film Palace: April 2014
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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen." Sidney Lumet. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Up until this afternoon, if you had asked me to name my favorite cinematic vampires, i would have probably rattled off a list: Nosferatu. 2008) Today, after seeing Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive. Eve (Tilda Swinton) and Adam (Tom Hiddleston). Manic Pixie Dream Vampire Ava (Mia Wasikowska). Only Lovers Left Alive. With which it shares many similarities in its Det...
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Tattered Film Palace: Wild
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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen." Sidney Lumet. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. It has been my practice since the start of this millennium to see a movie on either New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. At the top of my current must-see list was Foxcatcher. But when i noticed that there was a morning showing of Wild. That would end around the time the first showing of Foxcatcher. That i had to postpone Foxcatcher. Above all else, this movie felt honest...
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Tattered Film Palace: Clouds of Sils Maria
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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen." Sidney Lumet. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Clouds of Sils Maria. I saw Clouds of Sils Maria. 1975) and The Tin Drum. The film takes great advantage of its setting and made me want to pack my bags and go back to Switzerland and walk along Alpine trails having deep conversations. Plus it included archival footage from this beautiful little 1924 documentary:. Https:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Clouds of Sils Maria.
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Tattered Film Palace: Happy Birthday, Tattered Film Palace!
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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen." Sidney Lumet. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Happy Birthday, Tattered Film Palace! I started this blog one year ago today as a way of combatting an extended case of writer's block by writing about one of the things i love most in this life. Have i succeeded? The writer's block has subsided though not disappeared, as the sporadic appearance of new posts and my often lengthy silences will attest. Warning: Spoiler a...
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Tattered Film Palace: Still Alice
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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen." Sidney Lumet. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Although the movies nominated for Best Picture this year would seem to suggest that the only lives worth narrating on the screen are the lives of men (the vast majority of whom are white), there have been some wonderful films that focus on the lives of women this year. Which i've already written about on this blog. Is one of them. I saw Still Alice. Brendan Gleeson and...
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Tattered Film Palace: February 2015
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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen." Sidney Lumet. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Although the movies nominated for Best Picture this year would seem to suggest that the only lives worth narrating on the screen are the lives of men (the vast majority of whom are white), there have been some wonderful films that focus on the lives of women this year. Which i've already written about on this blog. Is one of them. I saw Still Alice. Links to this post.
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Tattered Film Palace: Life Itself
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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen." Sidney Lumet. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Roger Ebert is one of those rare public figures that i wish i'd had a chance to meet. Whenever i would read one of his reviews i would feel almost as though i did know him, as though we'd just watched the movie together and were discussing it over a cup of coffee afterward. That's the kind of writer he was: personal, clear, entertaining, insightful. Ebert's life wasn't...
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Tattered Film Palace: January 2015
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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen." Sidney Lumet. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL. It has been my practice since the start of this millennium to see a movie on either New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. At the top of my current must-see list was Foxcatcher. But when i noticed that there was a morning showing of Wild. That would end around the time the first showing of Foxcatcher. That i had to postpone Foxcatcher. Above all else, this movie felt honest...
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