FURMAN ON FILM

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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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 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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May 14, 20219 min read

Where Genre Horror Meets Auteurist Delight – The Shining in Retrospect

May 23, 1980 The central conceit of TWIM, birthed from the expansive brain of my friend and its creator, Scott Sipling, explores the...

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Dec 24, 20204 min read

The Vast of Night - 2019

My best friend hated The Vast of Night. After we had both finished viewing it, a verbal sparring match ensued. I pressed him on what he...

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Oct 20, 20203 min read

Blow Out - 1981

The conversation goes something like this - Burgeoning Cinephile: "I want to watch something new tonight. Something solid and substantial...

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Apr 20, 20202 min read

Mulholland Drive - 2001

I was entirely unprepared for my first go round with Mulholland Drive. It was like stepping into the octagon, myself sporting an extra...

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