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FURMAN ON FILM
Jul 27, 20239 min read
Feminism & The Empowered Self – Barbie as Both “Meta” Commentary and Inspired, Pop Hilarity
“F**K THE PATRIARCHY!” And with that opening salvo (which never, by the way, appears in the screenplay to the new film about Mattel’s...
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Feb 16, 20232 min read
Something in the Dirt - 2022
The secret sauce in Something in the Dirt is NOT in the excavation of heady sci-fi concepts, cultic conspiracy theorizing, and...
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Sep 30, 20226 min read
An Ode to a Friend - Boogie Nights Up Close
To be completely honest, Boogie Nights is nowhere near the top of my list of favorite films. But, after this most recent third viewing,...
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Sep 30, 20221 min read
Married to the Mob - 1988
Were I a grown man when this film hit theaters in '88 (and not merely the kindergartener I was), I'm pretty sure this would be the moment...
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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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Dec 13, 20212 min read
Shiva Baby - 2020
It is difficult to recall a more impressive debut feature film in recent memory. I have personally been at war with a kind of mental...
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Dec 13, 20212 min read
8-Bit Christmas - 2021
Once a year there is a picture that comes along which reminds me that the cold, bloody pump in my chest still has some warmth left in it...
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Oct 16, 20212 min read
Rushmore - 1998
Confessionally, I've never really "gotten" the whole Wes Anderson thing. Life is not a neat and linear thing, to be sure. We need voices...
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Aug 17, 20213 min read
Eighth Grade - 2018
Ah, middle school. We remember it well, don’t we? The time of growth that it contained for us. Puberty (yikes!). Nascent feelings of...
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Dec 13, 20204 min read
Black Bear - 2020
This review may contain spoilers. Aubrey Plaza is a FORCE. OF. NATURE. A human dynamo of passion, vivacity, and snarky self-confidence so...
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Oct 25, 20204 min read
Palm Springs - 2020
This review may contain spoilers. Palm Springs does a truly brilliant thing. It stands on the shoulders of the giant that went before it...
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Feb 10, 20202 min read
Booksmart - 2019
Awhile back there came along a director and a group of actors who together churned out a series of hilarious, raunchy, whipsmart, over...
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