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FURMAN ON FILM
Feb 10, 20202 min read
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - 2019
A Beautiful Day... deserves praise, in my opinion, for the way it is structured and directed. Normally in a biopic with Tom Hanks I'd be...
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Feb 10, 20203 min read
The Lighthouse - 2019
Show of hands...any Greek mythology fans in the audience? Prometheus the Titan? Proteus, the old man of the sea? Anyone? Beuhler...?...
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Feb 10, 20203 min read
The Farewell - 2019
Allow me to get at what really is so fantastic about The Farewell in a rather odd fashion, namely by exploring two of the chief...
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
Parasite - 2019
Sometimes the hype machine is just that - hype. Empty nonsense peddled by the powers that be in an effort to aid in our consumption. BUT....
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
Marriage Story - 2019
In some ways, Marriage Story is the hardest film to recommend to you. It's not glitzy or glamorous. It's not particularly suspenseful or...
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
Midsommar - 2019
The story of Midsommar, for me, actually begins a year previously. It was 2018, and I was staring blankly as the credits of Ari Aster's...
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
Knives Out - 2019
There are really two stories being told simultaneously in Knives Out. One is manifest - right in front of our eyes. The other is latent -...
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
The Two Popes - 2019
What a beautiful story! In all honesty, I think beautiful is the most apropos word to describe it. It's a movie about religion and this...
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
Ad Astra - 2019
Let's make no bones about it. I WANTED to make this film my number 1. I really waaanted to so bad. Many years I would have. But, top to...
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
Ready or Not - 2019
This just might have been the most fun I had all year in cinema. What a macabre delight! Was Ready or Not the 11th BEST film of 2019?...
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
Little Women - 2019
Little Women is the 19th century period piece remake that you had no idea you needed but will be so glad you witnessed. After the...
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Feb 9, 20201 min read
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - 2019
THE GRACE PERIOD IS OVER Violence as poetry. It's the hyper-stylized violent imagery of Jodorowsky in a waltz with the choreography of...
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