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FURMAN ON FILM


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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May 15, 20216 min read
Top Gun at 35: The Patina of 80’s Cool
On this week in May 35 years ago, a little high-wire jet flying, cockpit action stunting, oiled up volleyball playing, classically...
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Jul 28, 20203 min read
Eyes Wide Shut - 1999
I once thought this film was a sickly depraved nightmare. Now, I believe it to be much closer to a bona fide masterpiece. This doesn't...
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Jun 23, 20202 min read
Magnolia - 1999
This is likely the best entirely too long, flagrantly overstuffed (and at times overacted), never still cacophony of connected...
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May 4, 20202 min read
Jerry Maguire - 1996
Look, I get it. Cameron Crowe doesn't make perfect films. EXCEPT!...when Cameron Crowe makes perfect films. Except for this one time when...
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Apr 19, 20202 min read
Collateral - 2004
Collateral is quite simply an entirely unique bit of visual and narrative storytelling, and a singular work by Michael Mann. Shot...
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