1968 to 1970 was an exciting time for the international cinema. Godard, Truffaut, and Bergman were all at the peak of their powers; in the U.S., Ku...
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Sep 22, 2009
You acnnot imagine how much fun it is to read reviews of movies you have never seen. Kael's reviews are more like essays describing what makes something good and what makes it not good. Every review is entertaining and honest and levels even bad movies with respect, which actually is so much more devastating than the dismissive reviews I am used to seeing. It starts all the movies out on the same plain and sizes them up in a way that makes a bad movie seem so absolutely disappointing its tragic.
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Jan 24, 2012
Zach
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Good collection of reviews, though obviously dated - mainly I was interested in the Trash, Art and the Movies essay. Really well written piece about how we try to turn trash that we like into art (pretending that something enjoyable is automatically art) and that we tend to ignore the trashy part of art movies.
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