Shall we Feed our Children to Moloch? Some pleasant reflections on certain aspects of Wes Anderson�s Moonrise Kingdom

  Although I may live in the provinces (suburban Minnesota, which can be more or less provincial, depending on the stereotypes to which you ...

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The Notes He Isn�t Playing: Elision in Shinji Aoyama�s Eureka

*This post discusses key plot details of No Country for Old Men and Eureka * There�s a classic episode of The Simpsons (from probably fifte...

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My Body is Too Small for my Anxiety: Ingmar Bergman�s Saraband

*This post reveals significant plot details from Saraband and Tokyo Story * Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni both died on the same...

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"Despite Your University Education, You're A Decent Man": A Few Thoughts on Shohei Imamura's "Stolen Desire"

I've just finished watching Shohei Imamura's first film, 1958's Stolen Desire ( Nusumareta yokuj� ), and I want to offer a few ...

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