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Elliot's Watching: June 2015
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My thoughts about movies and TV shows I've been watching. See also my blog on books: Elliot's Reading. Sunday, June 21, 2015. A rare film about the development of a character: Leviathon. Links to this post. Saturday, June 13, 2015. The quintessential Merchant-Ivory production: Howards End. Why not read the book, after all? Maybe many people did both.) There's absolutely nothing wrong with this production (other than maybe the length - 2.5 hours! Links to this post. Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Author of the no...
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Elliot's Watching: July 2015
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My thoughts about movies and TV shows I've been watching. See also my blog on books: Elliot's Reading. Saturday, July 25, 2015. An old formula that always works, this time in a different setting: Tangerines. Links to this post. Sunday, July 19, 2015. Jackson's Action: Reasons to watch and not to watch Heavenly Creatures. Links to this post. Saturday, July 18, 2015. Genius at work: Documentary about our greatest living photographer (Salgado). Links to this post. Labels: Salt of the Earth (The). Cabin in t...
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Elliot's Watching: An old formula that always works, this time in a different setting: Tangerines
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My thoughts about movies and TV shows I've been watching. See also my blog on books: Elliot's Reading. Saturday, July 25, 2015. An old formula that always works, this time in a different setting: Tangerines. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Author of the novel "Exiles" (Soho, 2009) and of many short stories - and of a book on Shakespeare's comedies. Former reporter-editor at the Providence Journal. Lives in Barrington, Rhode Island, and works at the R.I. Department of Education. 12 Years a Slave.
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Elliot's Watching: May 2015
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My thoughts about movies and TV shows I've been watching. See also my blog on books: Elliot's Reading. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Winter Sleep and Ibsen. Links to this post. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The most literary movie ever: Winter Sleep. Of course. Should it have been? No, it's real quite a masterpiece in its current form - and you can watch it over 2 nights, as we did. Links to this post. Sunday, May 24, 2015. A bomb from Netflix: Grace and Frankie. And will you care? Links to this post. Though touchin...
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Elliot's Watching: August 2015
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My thoughts about movies and TV shows I've been watching. See also my blog on books: Elliot's Reading. Saturday, August 29, 2015. Snowden: Hero or traitor? It's a free country and we Americans have the right to speak our minds, but did he betray a trust in doing so? We say we hate the government snooping, but weren't we glad at how quickly investigators nailed the Tsarnaevs? Or the London subway bombers? Links to this post. Saturday, August 22, 2015. Lives of the Preps: Metropolitan. Links to this post.
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Short Stories All the Time: Will Mackin, "Kattekoppen"
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Short Stories All the Time. Short Stories All the Time. Here are a few of my thoughts about more than 800 short stories. View my complete profile. 03 May, 2015. Will Mackin, "Kattekoppen". One of my favorite lines: "He just sat in his little chair, which was actually a normal chair dwarfed by his abnormal size, and with his wee M16 lying by his side, he drew circles.". Kattekoppen" was first published in the New Yorker. Then it was included in the 2014 edition of Best American Short Stories.
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Elliot's Watching: Baumbach slips in While We're Young
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My thoughts about movies and TV shows I've been watching. See also my blog on books: Elliot's Reading. Saturday, July 11, 2015. Baumbach slips in While We're Young. Labels: While Were Young. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Author of the novel "Exiles" (Soho, 2009) and of many short stories - and of a book on Shakespeare's comedies. Former reporter-editor at the Providence Journal. Lives in Barrington, Rhode Island, and works at the R.I. Department of Education. View my complete profile. I Was Born But.
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Elliot's Watching: April 2015
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My thoughts about movies and TV shows I've been watching. See also my blog on books: Elliot's Reading. Monday, April 27, 2015. Further thoughts on Umbrellas of Cherbourg: Is it a New Wave film? Links to this post. Labels: Umbrellas of Cherbourg (The). Sunday, April 26, 2015. Not an opera but an excellent and probably unique movie: Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Links to this post. Labels: Umbrellas of Cherbourg (The). Friday, April 24, 2015. Stills: The unique cinematic style of Stray Dogs. Links to this post.
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Elliot's Watching: February 2015
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My thoughts about movies and TV shows I've been watching. See also my blog on books: Elliot's Reading. Saturday, February 28, 2015. The Greatest Show in Swanse, revisited: Follies Night. A dead ringer and a damn good singer as well. Old friend Bob Kerr made an appearance playing an original folk song lament for the days of great journalism. Sad - but at least the show goes on. Thanks, all! Links to this post. Labels: Follies (Providence Newspaper Guild). Friday, February 27, 2015. Links to this post.