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Pieces of April
“Mother, don’t you just love every day?”
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Of long goodbyes and short lives
Until recently, I had been dating a wonderful girl for 11 months, 3 weeks, and 4 days (at least as far as I can figure).
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The Incredibles, part 2
Some more notes on the best film of the year, The Incredibles.
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Herofication
Remember a few years ago when Chris Columbus was going through the retroactive wringer? The historians were brutal to the man.
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Grandpa and Spalding Gray
I was about to turn 20 years old. It was 1994 and my grandparents would be celebrating their golden wedding anniversary on my birthday. Flying to Orange, California, to visit them for a week would be a momentous occasion. Afterall, I was leaving my teens and they were entering their retirement.
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The Year of Our Lord, 1973
Edited: I’ve always been a little strangely fascinated with my birthyear. I know that sounds narcissistic, but you’ll have to take my word on this. I don’t collect historical tidbits of the year 1973 for any egotistical reason. It’s just plain old vanilla obsessive compulsive disorder. The following are facts I’ve collected about this year,…
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The Last Samurai
“I’d like to think he found a small measure of peace, the kind that so many search for and so few ever find.”
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Lackluster Video
Could Blockbuster be the Antichrist?
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Balloons as Metaphor
Part of my “Article of the Month” series in 2000
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The Natural History of the Chicken
Director Mark Lewis is described in his short festival biography as “a master of the eccentric animal documentary.”