‘Tis the Season

On February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

For better and for worse, around this time of year, I find myself watching movies through the lens of the Academy Awards.

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Complicity and Agency

On February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Today comes to you courtesy of my neuroses.

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International Triplet

On February 22, 2021February 23, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Triple feature Dear Comrades!, Quo vadis, Aida? and La Llorona for an International-shortlisted cinematic smorgasbord about the maternal interplay between the personal and the political, specifically when the political becomes familially personified.

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The World to Boxd

On February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Letterboxd has got me in an anecdotal mood; regarding The World to Come:

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A Boxd Clip Show

On February 17, 2021February 19, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Here’s a taste of the bite-sized tastes to be had on my Letterboxd:

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Letterboxd

On February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Readers of Write All Nite now have a second place to find my musings on all things film: Letterboxd.

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MnM

On February 12, 2021February 19, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

How to quantify one’s own perception of truth in art?

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JDW

On February 9, 2021February 12, 2021 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

John David Washington’s turns in 2018’s BlacKkKlansman and this year’s Tenet feel like companion ~~pieces~~ performances, and the relationship between them can be summarized in modern parlance by this gif:

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