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Parasite: A Review
The second movie reviewed in our latest episode is Parasite, and here’s what I wrote about it on Facebook when writing about my favorite movies released in the U.S. in 2019. Another international filmmaker whose work I’ve never been able to fully embrace is Bong Joon Ho. I recognize he’s one of a handful of directors…
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Shoplifters: A Review
Episode 59 has finally dropped, and here’s what I wrote about our first movie from that episode, Shoplifters, when I wrote about my favorite movies released in the U.S. in 2018. Throughout his career, Hirokazu Kore-eda has specialized in telling humanistic dramas, as well as movies inspired by true stories – not the earth-shattering or…
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Reel 59: TANSTAAFL
For the record: Sean kinda hates this title, but there was nothing we workshopped that was any better, so. For the uninitiated, “TANSTAAFL” is an acronym meaning “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.” It derives from Robert Heinlein’s novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. It’s one of my favorites of his,…
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On the ‘Gram
Hi, folks: Since we’re looking to move away from a certain other social media platform because Elon Killed the Blue Bird, we’ve finally created an Instagram feed. You can find us at: https://www.instagram.com/wordsandmoviespod because we’re clever that way.
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Reel 60: Hail Oceania
Yes, yes, we know. We skipped #59. There’s an explanation at the beginning of this episode, and Mea Culpa. #59 will be the next one we drop. And THAT, rather than this, will finish our tour Around the World in Twenty Films. (So, never mind what Sean says about it being the last stop.) The…
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Reel 58: This Woman’s Work
So many times, it seems, films where women are the central characters seem to treat those women as rather monolithic That may not be quite the right word; let me amend that to say that they’re often treated the same way. Too many of them fail the Bechdel Test*, and that’s a pity. In our…
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