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Drive — Shells and Fractured Identities
Despite its title and premise, Drive is not a film about speed and Bullit-like car chases. Rather, Nicolas Winding Refn’s film is about fragmented identity. The primary example of this ...
Take 5 — At Year’s End
2011 came to and end, and now it’s time to recap those things we saw, those things we enjoyed, and those things we abhorred. In the next few weeks, there ...
Blind Guesses and Oscar Pools: One and the Same
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science has geared up for February by unveiling the annual poster for its Oscar ceremony (see above). And, judging by the poster, it ...
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Shame — A [Failed] New Start of It
The most intriguing part about Shame is its misdirection – not in the sense that we’re being set up for a twist in the last few moments, but rather how ...
Never Let Me Go — The Haunting Future of the Past
Last year, our own Rob Cotto declared Never Let Me Go the “most overlooked film of the year,” and I have to wholeheartedly agree. I know that seems a bit ...
An Education – Right at the Top of Roman Polanski’s Netflix Queue
Set in 1961 England, An Education examines the limited options for a young woman, offering either the academic route that would lead to a life of education and a professorial ...
