Did the Right Thing

On August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Casting’s a precarious thing.

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Unhinge from this Cliché

On August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Unhinged: pretty fun!

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Uncertified

On August 19, 2020August 21, 2020 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Abbas Kiarostami is a master of structure as theme.

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I Asked, and Here Comes the Axe

On August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Ask and me shall receive.

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Perfect, Indeed

On August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, Further On (Up the Road), Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Seriously, what were y’all doing in the ’80s:

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To Award, or Not to Award

On August 11, 2020August 12, 2020 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, Further On (Up the Road), Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

How do you solve a problem like this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama?

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A Double-Feature Joke (Not the Other Way Around)

On August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

A pictorial double-feature joke — not to be mistaken for a joke double-feature, nor a joke of a double feature — that three of you will understand:

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The Spoiled Bird

On August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Rarely do I read about a movie before writing about it.

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Two More Birds

On August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Here’s one more pro and con — depending on your perspective — to the theatrical vs. home-viewing debate that occurred to me post-posting on Friday:

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The Trapped Bird

On July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

As with every discussion that tries to adjudicate the pros and cons of the theatrical-vs.-home viewing experience, what I’m about to discuss is wholly subjective, steeped in nothing more than personal preference, even if others might relate to the feeling.

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