Film Review Feast

A cinephile's journey.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Periodizing the Blockbuster Era

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The above diagram schematizes some of the factors influencing the transition from the Hollywood Renaissance period (1967-1980) to the ea...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

Film Reviews Are Subjective

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FUCK THE TOMATOMETER! Assigning numbers to creative works, even factory assembled ones like movies, is stupid. Reviews of cultural pro...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

Review: Escape from New York (1981)

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John Carpenter's Escape From New York is one of the most tonally sophisticated, visually iconic, and outright enjoyable dystopian a...
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Sunday, May 8, 2016

Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

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One of my favorite bits from The Force Awakens . I have written before about Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens , J.J. Abrams...
Sunday, May 1, 2016

Review: The Jungle Book (2016)

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I saw Disney's live-action version of The Jungle Book directed by Jon Favreau, and overall I was visually impressed, if disappointed ...
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Saturday, April 16, 2016

Best Movie Ever: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

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The Leatherface family sez: "Join us for dinner!" Tobe Hooper's low-budget rural horror masterpiece The Texas Chain Saw ...
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I am an Associate Professor of Film Studies in upstate New York. I have been a role-playing gamer since the early 1980's when I got my first "Dungeons and Dragons" boxed set as a fifth grader. I have been a cinephile for as long as I can remember.
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