Archive for February 2018
March is for Malick
Terrence Malick films have been released at widely different points and to wild, at times rhapsodic praise. His first two releases, Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978) were heralded…
Read MoreFargo: More Than Just a Small-town Crime Caper
Fargo is a good one, you betcha! The telephone rings at 3am, and a pregnant woman puts on her police uniform to go out into the Minnesota winter. “Eggs,” her…
Read MoreNo Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men opens with an emotionally restrained voiceover from Tommy Lee Jones. “I was sheriff of this county when I was twenty-five years old . . .…
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