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The Significance of Sniggering (CRUMB) 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
From the Chicago Reader (June 2, 1995). This piece is quite separate from the essay I recently contributed to Criterion’s DVD of this film, available here. — J.R. Crumb Rating **** Masterpiece Direct...
The Aged One (1957 poem) 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
From Junior Scholastic, Vol. 40, No. 15 (May 17, 1957). This poem won first prize in their writing awards, poetry division. My bio in that issue: “JONATHON [sic] ROSENBAUM says his poem grew out of a ...
Kiarostami at Work [10 on TEN] 25 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
From the Chicago Reader (October 29, 2004). — J.R. 10 on Ten *** (A must-see) Directed and written by Abbas Kiarostami With Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami’s recent features satisfy few of the usual exp...
To score or not to score 24 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
From The Financial Times (July 4, 1975); this was the first of my two annual weekly film columns for that newspaper, replacing Nigel Andrews as his “deputy” while he was away. A couple of asides: I h...
Wholesale Memories [TOTAL RECALL] 23 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
From the Chicago Reader (June 8, 1990). — J.R. TOTAL RECALL *** (A must-see) Directed by Paul Verhoeven Written by Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Jon Povill, and Gary Goldman With Arnold Schwarzenegge...
Car Wash (1977 review) 22 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
From Monthly Film Bulletin, February 1977 (Vol. 44, No. 517). This is a movie I clearly went overboard about, even though I still might be inclined to defend it today, and I suspect now that I simply ...
How to Get Ahead in Espionage [THE SENTINEL] 21 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
From the Chicago Reader (December 4, 1998). — J.R. The Sentinel Rating ** Worth seeing Directed by Arnaud Desplechin Written by Desplechin, Pascale Ferran, Noemie Lvovsky, and Emmanuel Salinger With ...
Ulrike Ottinger [1983] 20 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
A chapter from Film: The Front Line 1983. — J.R. Born in Konstanz, Germany, 1942. What do I know about Ulrike Ottinger? Not much, but enough to make me want to know more. Admittedly, I’ve seen only ...
Unwarranted Heaviness (THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING) 19 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
From the Chicago Reader (February 12, 1988). — J.R. THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING ** (Worth seeing) Directed by Philip Kaufman Written by Kaufman and Jean-Claude Carriere With Daniel Day-Lewis, J...
Zona and Noriko Smiling: Two Literary Voyages into Film Analysis 18 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
A slightly edited version of this article entitled “Devotional Reading” appeared in the November-December 2012 issue of Film Comment. — J.R. There are at least two intriguing recent trends reflected ...
