the passionate moviegoer
a fan's notes by joe baltake devoted to movies neglected and mostly misunderstood
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Notes on The Greatest Show on Earth - Not!
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Having just seen Michael Haneke's brilliant, brutal and altogether disturbing American remake of his 1997 German film, "Funny Games...
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Friday, February 22, 2008
cinema obscura: Cecil B. De Mille's "The Cheat" (1915) and George Abbott's "The Cheat" (1931)
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“The Cheat” has it all – sex, sadism, inflammatory racial issues and a socialite wife - a compulsive gambler and all-around handful known al...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
The Dreaded Oscarcast
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The good news is that the entertainment industry's writers' strike has been settled. The bad news is that the Oscarcast, the biggest...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
cinema obscura: Alan Rudolph's "Investigating Sex" (2001)
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Diehard Alan Rudolph fans take note. The auteur's long-shelved "Investigating Sex," which played the film festival circuit in...
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unsolicited pontification: Diablo Cody - What's In a Name?
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OK, full disclosure: I don't like "Juno." Not even a little bit. I know, I know. That's considered heresy, even blasphem...
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