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Roofman/Tron: Ares
I had very few expectations going into Roofman, a new drama from cowriter/director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine).
Oct 12
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Simon Crowe
Anemone
Anemone is full of portent.
Oct 5
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Simon Crowe
March 2025
2025 Oscar Predictions
Last year at this time I included an image from Past Lives in my Oscar predictions post, along with an anecdote about my experience of watching it.
Mar 2
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Simon Crowe
February 2025
Love Me
Let us begin with a simple but unanswerable question.
Feb 1
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Simon Crowe
January 2025
The Room Next Door
Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door, based on a novel by Sigrid Nunez, feels like a movie made by a filmmaker who knows that the end of his career is…
Jan 19
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What I Read This Year: 2024
Happy New Year!
Jan 1
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Simon Crowe
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October 2024
We Live In Time
We deserve more movies like John Crowley’s We Live In Time. Not just because it’s a well-directed drama starring two movie stars who also happen to be…
Oct 29, 2024
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Simon Crowe
Conclave & Woman of the Hour
Conclave, directed by Edward Berger from the novel by Robert Harris, is a series of mostly quiet conversations that in 2024 read as an interrogation of…
Oct 25, 2024
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Simon Crowe
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September 2024
Kim Deal - "Coast"
About a week ago, I got into a minor kerfuffle when I asserted on Threads (in response to a prompt) that Kim Deal is the most famous member of The…
Sep 14, 2024
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Simon Crowe
August 2024
Blink Twice
...working hard not to spoil.....
Aug 24, 2024
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Simon Crowe
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Trap
(mild spoilers)
Aug 4, 2024
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Simon Crowe
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June 2024
The Watchers
It doesn’t take very long for The Watchers to establish that Mina (Dakota Fanning) has a hole in her life.
Jun 8, 2024
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