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FURMAN ON FILM
Sep 11, 20223 min read
Full Metal Jacket - 1987
It seems to me that viewers of Full Metal Jacket typically fall into one of several camps. There are those who ride or die for “the boot...
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Sep 7, 20221 min read
Raising Arizona - 1987
The “seeds” of greatness - nuanced, idiosyncratic characters, highfalutin dialogue, harebrained criminal schemes, pitch black themes (ie...
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Sep 4, 20222 min read
Disclosure - 1994
It just gets most of the minors from the terrific novel right and a handful of the majors all wrong. Case in point, Demi is terrifically...
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Sep 2, 20223 min read
Sex, Lies, and Videotape - 1989
I just adore this film. It's actually a little bit funny. When I first saw this in my mid 20's, as a nascent cinephile in the making, I...
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Aug 28, 20222 min read
The Thing - 1982
Happy to report what to many is probably painfully obvious - on rewatch four decades later, The Thing is STILL a stone cold masterpiece....
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Aug 15, 20221 min read
The Gray Man - 2022
The funny thing is…I am ACTUALLY a 42 regular. And that non-joke is better than anything Chris Evans said for two hours (trust me, that’s...
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Aug 6, 20223 min read
Cha Cha Real Smooth - 2022
Cooper Raiff's second film, Cha Cha Real Smooth is a work that flirts with greatness and finds some phenomenal moments of higher...
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Jun 23, 20224 min read
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande - 2022
This review may contain spoilers. This is almost a classic exemplar of a film perfectly crafted for yours truly. Almost. It has been...
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Jun 15, 20224 min read
Jurassic World Dominion - 2022
One of my great friends gave me the most wonderful gift when it came to Jurassic World: Dominion. He went first to the theater, blazed a...
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Jun 4, 20224 min read
The Northman - 2022
This review may contain spoilers. It almost pains me to write this review. It eats at me the way it must have gnawed at Amleth,...
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May 28, 20221 min read
Top Gun: Maverick - 2022
The very best kind of fan service. A picture that is littered with callbacks, to be sure. But rather than hold the story hostage, these...
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Mar 12, 202233 min read
FOF Best of 2021
SKIMMING THE FAT AND THE ART OF SELF-PROMOTION If you've been following along these best of lists for a year or so (or even, gasp, all...
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