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FURMAN ON FILM
Sep 21, 20204 min read
Alien - 1979
Are there any original takes for forty plus year old movies? It's kind of hard to imagine, especially for one as airtight as this one....
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Sep 16, 20202 min read
About Last Night... - 1986
I almost wish the studio had used the original title of David Mamet's screenplay from which this was adapted - Sexual Perversity in...
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Sep 6, 20204 min read
Manhunter - 1986
This review may contain spoilers. Manhunter is just about peak Mann. It contains all of his thematic infatuations and a leading man who...
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Aug 22, 20203 min read
The Terminator - 1984
Though a part of the same cinematic universe, there are worlds of difference between The Terminator and T2. While the latter is massive...
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Aug 9, 20203 min read
Broadcast News - 1987
Never before have Sorkin's Newsroom and Sports Night made such sense to me. I'm tempted to deny their status as "homages" to this...
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Aug 7, 20203 min read
Die Hard - 1988
Die Hard is the greatest action movie of all time. Don't believe me? Take off your shoes (and socks), don the nearest white tank, grab a...
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Jul 28, 20203 min read
Eyes Wide Shut - 1999
I once thought this film was a sickly depraved nightmare. Now, I believe it to be much closer to a bona fide masterpiece. This doesn't...
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Jul 8, 20202 min read
The Thin Red Line - 1998
Is there a director who more clearly calls to mind the "you either love him or hate him" designation than The Thin Red Line's own Terence...
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Jun 23, 20202 min read
Magnolia - 1999
This is likely the best entirely too long, flagrantly overstuffed (and at times overacted), never still cacophony of connected...
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May 4, 20202 min read
Jerry Maguire - 1996
Look, I get it. Cameron Crowe doesn't make perfect films. EXCEPT!...when Cameron Crowe makes perfect films. Except for this one time when...
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May 3, 20203 min read
There Will Be Blood - 2007
I wish I could say that this was anything short of a masterpiece. I wish I could say that it wasn't the best movie of the Aught's, or of...
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May 2, 20203 min read
Oldboy - 2003
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Most of us know this phrase. But, I wonder how many of us have reflected on its meaning. In...
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