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Italian ‘Beauty’: Death, Dancing & Debauchery In Rome
Think of Rome. All sorts of images may flash into your mind. You might first think of religion, or perhaps of the Italian glamor captured by Fellini in the sixties. Maybe you think of the history, the...
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The Tens: Best Of Film 2013
Hollywood is obsessed with money, I say. Duh, you think in response. But hear me out. In 2013, Hollywood was particularly obsessed with money. Not just with making money, but with telling stories about...
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The Not-Oscars 2013
It’s the morning of the Oscar nominations, and I’m not upset. This is weird. All the films I wanted to see nominated for Best Picture are. All the actors I hoped to see receive nominations for this...
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‘Looking’ Fine: The Good, The Bad & The Beards
Hey dude. Sup? Looking? That’s the 21st century equivalent of wandering into a bathhouse or the obfuscating brush of a city park at night. Most gay men I know have never gone to either of these places...
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‘Looking’ Again: “Looking For Uncut”
Sup? U looking for now? Hello? Dude? U there? For a show that’s not terribly exciting, Looking sure has generated a lot of scintillating conversation. HBO’s new half-hour drama premiered last week with...
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‘Looking’ For A Shirt: “Looking For $220/Hr”
When I first heard HBO’s new gay show would be set in San Francisco, I thought it was a bit strange. A gay show set in San Francisco, really? What is this, 1985? As it turns out, the creators of...
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‘Looking’ For The Point: “Looking At Your Browser History”
It only took three episodes for Looking to get around to having some actual conflict. And… maybe… a point. The third episode of HBO’s much-discussed Looking introduces two new characters and decides...
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‘Stranger’ Danger: Penises, Poor Choices & A Body Of Water
This blog has been so gay lately! Allow me to interrupt my coverage of Looking for a review of my first 2014 film, which is coincidentally (or not coincidentally) also about men cruising for sex....
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‘Looking’ Better: “Looking For The Future”
Okay, here we go. We’re now officially more than halfway through Looking‘s first season, and we’ve finally gotten the series’ first pretty great episode. Sure, Looking‘s detractors can still complain...
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‘Looking’ For A Boyfriend: “Looking In The Mirror”
Last week’s “Looking For The Future” was the first time in Looking‘s still-brief run that the show actually took a narrative and creative risk, allowing a single date between Patrick and Richie to...
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‘Looking’ For Commitment: “Looking For A Plus One”
There’s only one episode left in Looking‘s first season, and unless they really fuck it up (which is entirely possible), it will go down as a lop-sided debut, with the first four episodes getting off...
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‘Looking’ For Friends: “Looking Glass”
And so we’ve come to the end. Of Season One, anyway. And it’s time to think about what we’ve been Looking at all this while. Looking began with a would-be hookup in broad daylight in a public park. It...
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Character Ark: ‘Noah’ Writes The Book On Savvy Spectacle
Have you heard the Good News? One of the most innovative filmmakers of this millennium has released an epic blockbuster that caters heavily to a Christian audience — and it’s actually pretty decent....
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The Two Jakes: Bugs, Blondes & Blueberries Are The ‘Enemy’
In cinema, there are twist endings… and then there are endings that are so twisted, so gnarled, so completely screwed up they leave you sitting in the theater with your mouth hanging open puzzling over...
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The Five Best Fucking Songs Right Now* (Volume 4)
* based on absolutely no criteria whatsoever It’s almost summer again (here in Los Angeles, anyway — the rest of you may have another month or two before it’s good and sunny out). And that means it’s...
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Riding In Cars With Boys: Scarlett Sheds Clothes &‘Skin’
The people of Scotland need a refresher on “stranger danger,” at least according to the events depicted in Under The Skin. The lesson: even if someone looks as comely as Scarlett Johansson, that does...
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OMGzilla: The Latest Lizard Epic Has That ‘Jurassic’ Spark
Summer movie season is officially underway, everybody, and you know what that means: I’ll be writing weekly reviews of each and every blockbuster that Hollywood throws our way. Just kidding! What am I,...
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Certifiable Copy: A ‘Double’ Dose Of Deranged Doppelgangers
Antz and A Bug’s Life. Deep Impact and Armageddon. Infamous and Capote. Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down. It happens all the time — movies with eerily similar subject matter doubling up in the...
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The Best Revenge: ‘Blue Ruin,’‘Grand Piano,’&‘Neighbors’
Here’s the sad fact: the more $200 million blockbusters make their money back, the less we see studios willing to spend $20 million, or $10 million, or even a lousy $1 million on a smarter movie...
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Doppelgangland: ‘Coherence’ Doubles Down On Disorientation
They say there are no small parts, only small actors. So I guess it’s also true that there are no small movies, only small budgets. Coherence is a movie that plays with some very big ideas — so big...
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