the passionate moviegoer

a fan's notes by joe baltake devoted to movies neglected and mostly misunderstood

Monday, December 18, 2017

two rude questions about "christmas" movies

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First Question: When did "A Christmas Story" become "an iconic film"?  I guess I could ask the same about the equall...
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Friday, December 15, 2017

cinema obscura: Anne Bancroft's "Fatso" (1980)

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Films fail for a variety of reasons, the most recurring one being neglect - by the studio that produced it, the critics who review it and ...
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Monday, December 11, 2017

critical quackery

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Hollywood's season of unquenchable avarice officially kicked off early this morning - at 5:15 (pst) / 8:15 (est) - when the Hollywoo...
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Friday, December 08, 2017

cinema obscura: Joseph Sargent's "Colossus: The Forbin Project" (1970)/redux

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Influenced by Glenn Erickson who referenced it recently on his CineSavant site, I felt compelled to dig my 2010 review of Joseph Sarge...
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Monday, December 04, 2017

stephen's folly

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My wife and I spent a pleasing afternoon recently in Princeton, New Jersey - specifically at the campus movie house, the Garden Theater, ...
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