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FURMAN ON FILM
Jan 9, 20232 min read
Pearl - 2022
The reaction to Pearl has caused me some real consternation. It is a fine enough picture (as we’ll get to in a moment’s time), but one I...
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Jan 8, 20232 min read
We're All Going to the World's Fair - 2022
This review contain spoilers. Viewing We’re All Going to the World’s Fair was, shall I say, a confounding experience. I generally like to...
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Jan 3, 20234 min read
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - 2022
This review contain spoilers. Perhaps it was due to the bright beaming sun, the bronzed bodies, or the inviting surf and sand of the...
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Dec 30, 20221 min read
Death on the Nile - 2022
Given Agatha Christie’s place in stone as a titan of literature in my personal estimation, any work that renders her delightful yarns...
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Dec 14, 20223 min read
Three Thousand Years of Longing - 2022
Here is a film that is a sumptuous delight visually but which does not offer near the same rewards in many other regards. This is the...
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Dec 12, 20225 min read
She Said - 2022
She Said relates a story that NEEDS to be told. It is a tale that is, unfortunately, vital in our time. It chronicles the years long,...
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Dec 5, 20224 min read
Aftersun - 2022
This review may contain spoilers. "Oh no," you say. "Tell me this isn't another 'memory is a faulty camera' picture." Well, it is. Then...
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Nov 27, 20225 min read
Don't Worry Darling - 2022
This review may contain spoilers. As the credits began to roll on Don't Worry Darling, I was struck by a pretty resounding thought: "This...
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Nov 19, 20223 min read
Blonde - 2022
You remember that survival film based on a true story set out West called 127 Hours? Well, Blonde is JUST like that, except the only...
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Nov 10, 20223 min read
American Gigolo - 1980
"Just. One. Fuck." For as long as I can remember, Blondie's "Call Me" has been a totally anthemic cruising song. Now, at last, as I...
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Oct 28, 20223 min read
Audition - 1999
This review may contain spoilers. *Attention: Here is a cautionary tale on the cruciality of being weary of the porcelain woman with a...
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Oct 26, 20223 min read
Speak No Evil - 2022
This review may contain spoilers. As close friends recently told me as I was just spitballing about my gut-level reactions immediately...
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