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"I’m not sure what Godard’s intentions were in staging this stylized variation on Shakespeare’s “King Lear”. He uses Norman Mailer and his daughter for some Italian gangster musings and Peter Sellars (the off-beat theatre director) as William Shake..." Permalink

"At her husband’s last birthday party, Rose (Francoise Fabian) appears to be a reticent schlub. After her husband packs it in, Rose turns into a 78 year old Catherine Deneuve (which is only marginally better.) Her new-found independence now involve..." Permalink

"Alex Cox did 3 movies that I liked quite a bit – “ Repo Man”(1984), “Sid and Nancy”(1986) and “Walker”(1987). Since then he has lost his ability to get funding and it shows. “Searchers 2.0” takes place primarily in Monument Valley, Arizona. It has..." Permalink