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FURMAN ON FILM
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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Feb 3, 20231 min read
Causeway - 2022
I wish they made more films like Causeway. That is to say. simple, human, and deeply moving. A quiet and understated drama that traffics...
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Feb 3, 20234 min read
Athena - 2022
This review contain SLIGHT spoilers. It is rare that I have two such polarly different reactions at the conclusion of a picture. Yet,...
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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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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 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 3, 20222 min read
House of Games - 1987
Viewing David Mamet's debut feature, House of Games, as a grown up takes some of the fun out of it. This is because it postures itself at...
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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, 20223 min read
Paris, Texas - 1984
This review may contain spoilers. Paris, Texas is a film that tormented and ate at me. It is, at times, a conundrum - a picture which...
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Sep 23, 20222 min read
Cruising - 1980
I suppose one may begrudge me for saying so, but this is one of my favorite Al Pacino performances. I'll confess, I do have a certain...
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Sep 23, 20223 min read
Do the Right Thing - 1989
This review may contain spoilers. Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing is a masterwork unlike any other I've ever seen. Let me tell you...
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Sep 21, 20222 min read
Wall Street - 1987
I have to say, this was better for me the second time around. The film really hits its stride as it rounds into its third act, and our...
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Sep 15, 20223 min read
Come and See - 1985
For me, this viewing completed a sort of triumvirate. It concluded a three day descent into the horrors at the heart of humankind's...
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Sep 12, 20223 min read
Platoon - 1986
In the past few days, I’ve taken myself on a little 80’s war film odyssey. I began with the great Full Metal Jacket. Then came Oliver...
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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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