For the last three years, I've managed to watch more films than I did the year before. In 2017, I saw 181 films. In 2018, it was 182. In 2019, I watched 184 films in all, not counting rewatches and works in progress. I know this because I'm a big old nerd and I keep track of what I see in not one ...
Review: Cunningham
Merce Cunningham died in 2009 at the age of 90, and in his decades-long career as a dancer and choreographer, he redefined American modern dance as we know it. Fond of reminding his dancers, audiences and the media that he wasn't designing the movements but rather allowing them to be revealed, ...
Review: Bombshell—The Hedy Lamarr Story
This is a repost of a review that also appears at Third Coast Review. Even if you're not a fan of classic Hollywood cinema (and why the heck aren't you?), you know the name Hedy Lamarr. According to IMDb, Lamarr has only 35 film credits, but among them are the likes of Boom Town (alongside ...
Review: Faces Places
Full disclosure: this is a cross-post with Third Coast Review, where my review also appears. If you're a film nerd like me, you follow the various film festivals during the first half of the year (Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca, Cannes) with one ear to the cinematic ground, just waiting to hear what ...
Review: STEP
Founded in 2008, the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women is a charter school with a goal of seeing all its graduates succeed in college. Its educators and administrators set high standards and expect greatness from the girls in their charge. Academics are paramount, and failure is not an ...
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