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Agenda Movie Club: The Artist

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

The Artist Michel Hazanavicius 2011 It turns out there are some people who hate things that are delightful. I guess I don’t really find those people interesting. This movie is delightful. Yes. It is. It’s not all dancing and smiling, … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: The Iron Lady

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

The Iron Lady Phyllida Lloyd 2011 There are two things you should know. One is that this is not as bad as everyone has been saying. The other is that a good part of the movie (and the good part … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: The Interrupters

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

The Interrupters Steve James 2011 The Interrupters plays tonight on PBS Frontline. I first saw this last summer while screening movies for the film festival. It was obvious to me, and to pretty much everyone else, that it needed to … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: Haywire

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Haywire Steven Soderbergh 2012 Dude. I was so right about this. Gina Carano is not an actor. Er, I guess she just starred in an action movie, so technically she is. But, as far as what we call “acting” goes, … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: The Descendants (2)

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

The Descendants Alexander Payne 2011 Original post here. Amazingly, this is the first movie in over a year that I’ve seen a second time. I’ve wondered what I’d do once I saw a movie again– would I write a second … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: Meek’s Cutoff

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt 2010 Oh, my, people. What a movie. I’ve seen this described as Werner Herzog’s Aguirre, The Wrath of God meets the Oregon Trail, and that’s not inaccurate. Watching it, I could almost hear a potential Herzog … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson 2011 It’s complicated, yeah, but it’s not that complicated. I admit that I didn’t know exactly the complete specifics of everything that was happening at every moment, but don’t worry that you won’t be … Continue reading →

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My best of 2011

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

I saw 53 movies in 2011, which isn’t all that good for me, although one more and it could have been disastrous. To be fair to me, though (and that’s what really matters), I did watch probably 60 or 70 … Continue reading →

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Why you’re (probably [really]) wrong about ‘Haywire’

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Two things that must be said before the rest of it: 1) It has to be clear by now that I’ll fight on Steven Soderbergh’s side under pretty much any circumstances. I have a heavy, heavy bias in his favor. … Continue reading →

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Agenda Movie Club: Moneyball

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Moneyball Bennett Miller 2011 Did I not love this like everyone else did because I know too much about the situation already? Is it because I know that it wasn’t really that big a deal what Beane did, and that … Continue reading →

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