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Heartbreakers 1984
One of the only personal messages I ever sent to a filmmaker praising their work was sent to Bobby Roth, some years ago, telling him how much I admired Heartbreakers and wondering what it's future was for being put out on digital. He didn't know at the time and might have even been confused to hear from a rando speaking so effusively about Heartbreakers some decades later. So of course when it came out on blu-ray last year I snapped…
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Licorice Pizza 2021
This feels like the movie he's been trying to make for his whole career and in fact this movie reminds me of the way his career started, pulling out all the stops and displaying his influences, making a splash as if he may not get another chance. But he's a more refined and older filmmaker now and the influences are more interesting, in particular the work of Hal Ashby, and this film shares that somewhat shaggy structure of his, the…
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Cry Macho 2021
Clint’s remake of CENTRAL STATION, hobbled by a not that great supporting performance by the kid, but I’ve come to accept the Afterschool Special vibe to some of Late Style Clint offerings (GRAN TORINO, THE 15:17 TO PARIS), and enjoyed just vibin with Clint and the boys down Mexico way. Clint talks to animals a lot, reminded me of him yelling at the chair at the RNC, just riffin’ with roosters and pigs, like he was reclaiming why some libs…
