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Monday, March 10th, 2008
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
[Note: Here’s another sampling from the “olden days”—of my review for a movie that should have been, but sadly wasn’t, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is almost as long as its title, but it may be the most valiant attempt at truly literary [...]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
No Country for Old Men
[Note: Now that No Country for Old Men is last year’s Best Picture, I felt I should post the review I wrote way back in pre-Oscar times. Warning, there’s a spoiler.]
Until the end credits, there isn’t one bar of music in the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men. In fact, the bulk of the [...]