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stpfilm: Talking STP
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008. Recently, I had a chance to TALK film online versus just writing about it when my friend Nathaniel at The Film Experience. Asked me to participate in an Oscar nominations discussion as part of his new podast feature. Joe Reid of Low Resolution. The segment follows an interview Nat conducted with 12-time sound Oscar nominee Greg P. Russell, who is up for another sound Oscar this year for the. Download the conversation here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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stpfilm: Doubt's Beautiful Ambiguity
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Monday, December 01, 2008. At a recent SAG screening of Doubt. Writer/director John Patrick Shanley said the film—based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play—is about “the pain and experience of being alive, and that you can’t be certain and yet you have to live.” No doubt about it. The story takes place in 1964 at Catholic school in the Bronx, where a nun grows suspicious that a charismatic priest has developed an inappropriate relationship with a student. Read the rest at Awards Daily.
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stpfilm: January 2007
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Tuesday, January 09, 2007. We all have ways of working through trauma in our lives and using those trials to learn and grow. For Maggie Gyllenhaal, acting is a part of that process. Read the rest here. By Susan Thea Posnock. Hollywood loves comeback stories- real or fictional- and perhaps no actor fits the bill better this year than Jackie Earle Haley. The Bad News Bears. As rebel slugger Kelly Leak and. Read the rest here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). MovieDaterAnon (My first blog, now retired).
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stpfilm: March 2008
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008. American Song and Dance. All the talk of musicals over at. The Film Experience Blog. This week motivated me to re-post this review I wrote of. An American in Paris. An American in Paris. Is not a great movie. Rather, it is a great musical. Perhaps the best pure musical ever made. And I admit I'm fudging the language a bit, because I would consider that other Gene Kelly movie (you know the one) to be the greatest movie musical. Period. An American in Paris. An American in Paris.
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stpfilm: November 2007
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Monday, November 12, 2007. The wolf—fully embodied by Javier Bardem’s Chigurh—with his twisted honor and menacing benevolence, prowled through my mind. His presence would infect my mood for days to come. Read the full post at the STPFilmArchive. This article originally appeared on Awards Daily. Labels: No Country for Old Men. Friday, November 09, 2007. Oscar Season is Here! Almost a year after tackling the lovely Kate Winslet at a. You can read his take on the evening here. Other recent film writing:.
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stpfilm: American Song and Dance
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008. American Song and Dance. All the talk of musicals over at. The Film Experience Blog. This week motivated me to re-post this review I wrote of. An American in Paris. An American in Paris. Is not a great movie. Rather, it is a great musical. Perhaps the best pure musical ever made. And I admit I'm fudging the language a bit, because I would consider that other Gene Kelly movie (you know the one) to be the greatest movie musical. Period. An American in Paris. An American in Paris.
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stpfilm: December 2007
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007. By Susan Thea Posnock. Viggo Mortensen is missing. Yes, that actor on the screen looks like him—and he certainly possesses the same quiet assurance when he speaks and physicality when he fights. But more like a magician than actor, he has disappeared into the world of. As much as I’ve admired his work before—in movies like my beloved. The Lord of the Rings. A Walk on the Moon. A History of Violence. Column, “Diary of a Hobbit Fiend,” will be surprised to know tha...Less than...
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stpfilm: July 2007
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Thursday, July 05, 2007. The First Real Taste. You know what it’s like. You’re watching and perhaps being entertained by a movie, but you’re not enveloped by it. Then something happens—a shot, a line, a kiss, a sigh—and you are magically and profoundly transported to a place deep inside yourself. A film that shares its predecessors’ wit and anarchic spirit, it is a scene toward the end that really resonates. If you haven’t seen it yet, there are semi-spoilers after the jump. Read the full post here.
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stpfilm: February 2007
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007. Read the full list here. Sunday, February 25, 2007. By Susan Thea Posnock. Note: I went 12/24 - yikes! Now that my favorites. Are out of the. Way, time for some last minute Oscar predictions. I'll preface my picks by noting that I considered 2006 a rather tepid year in film. With the exceptions of. I don't have intense rooting interest tonight. At least not compared to the emotional investment (some would call. It "insanity") I had during. The Lord of the Rings. But enough p...