Ryan O'Neal – 1941-2023
Ryan O’Neal could’ve come close to Cary Grant, but ‘70s cinema went in an entirely different direction. And, one might assume, his...
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Jarek Kupść
Nov 19, 20234 min read
Beige Must Die
What is that thing called “beige”? Is it even a thing? Is it an entity? It’s not a color, that’s for sure. Have you ever seen a child...
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Jarek Kupść
Nov 12, 20233 min read
The Killer - Fincher fires a blank
David Fincher’s latest outing, The Killer, made me furious. There are several ways a film can elicit such a response. Storytelling...
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Jarek Kupść
Oct 24, 20236 min read
Killers of the Flower Moon – film review
Based on the nonfiction book by David Grann, the new Martin Scorsese film, Killers of the Flower Moon, relays a dark chapter in the...
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Jarek Kupść
Jul 15, 20233 min read
Tom Cruise – a career appraisal
Let’s face it, Tom has been with us for five decades now. In each of those, Cruise scored more than a few blockbusters, and, now over 60,...
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Jarek Kupść
Jul 11, 20232 min read
Rainer Werner Fassbinder - brief musings on a large life
Fassbinder’s life feels like a plot from one of his own films. To borrow a phrase from Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz, "this cat became numero...
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Jarek Kupść
Jul 11, 20234 min read
Dune 2021 - a quicksand review
A gifted-white-royal-offspring-saves-the-world trope has propelled many a novel. In Frank Herbert's Dune, not only our protagonist is a...
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Jarek Kupść
Jul 11, 20232 min read
Treat Williams - an appreciation
I rewatched Hair recently, and Treat Williams is such a life-giving, unstoppable force… I Got Life, indeed. That last shot of Berger...
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Jarek Kupść
Feb 18, 20232 min read
The King of Comedy at 40 - All Class
As the title slyly suggests, The King of Comedy is, essentially, about class warfare. Pupkin the Everyman versus The Establishment. It is...
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Jarek Kupść
Jan 8, 20233 min read
Tár - Todd Field's Cinematic Sonata
Tár is a tricky film to assess. Its ostensible loftiness makes it very easy to dismiss as highfalutin. We are asked to follow an...
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Jarek Kupść
Dec 10, 20222 min read
Emancipation (2022) - review
Antoine Fuqua's Emancipation is a massive betrayal of its historical subject. A betrayal so complete, it makes it doubly painful: it is...
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Jarek Kupść
Dec 9, 20224 min read
The Poseidon Adventure – Gene Hackman keeps the seminal disaster blockbuster afloat
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) – A 50th anniversary appreciation The Poseidon Adventure remains the only suspense thriller in cinema...
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Jarek Kupść
Jul 30, 20223 min read
Deliverance – John Boorman’s survival masterwork at 50.
*Spoiler Alert* Whether touted as a visually spectacular eco-friendly thriller, or belittled as a mindless macho adventure, John...
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Jarek Kupść
Jul 13, 20224 min read
Any Which Way You Caan, James (1940-2022)
Consider this: if James Caan didn’t do The Godfather, our discussion of his best work wouldn’t change an iota. He was right there, in the...
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Jarek Kupść
Feb 26, 20222 min read
Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021) - an appreciation
Wayne Thiebaud was a very influential painter in my early life, and I’m saddened how readily his work is treated by indifference by so...
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Jarek Kupść
Feb 26, 20224 min read
Why Cabaret’s show tunes and social critique still strike a chord
If life is a cabaret, Bob Fosse’s imaginative film version of the Broadway musical ‘Cabaret’ reflects humanity at its most vulnerable and...
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Jarek Kupść
Feb 26, 20224 min read
The French Connection's manic energy hasn't lost its edge
What kind of a man does it take to crack the biggest heroin smuggling operation in New York? The French Connection wastes no time in...
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Jarek Kupść
Jul 20, 20212 min read
Ghost World - Americana at its best
Ghost World, the film based on a graphic novel of the same name, is a masterpiece. On every level. It is also a very American...
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Jarek Kupść
Jul 11, 20213 min read
Escape from New York - a 40th anniversary appreciation
Back in the day, I went to see Escape from New York without any prior preparation. I haven't seen the trailer, haven't read any reviews,...
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Jarek Kupść
Apr 20, 20216 min read
Roving rōnin: Kurosawa’s Yojimbo turns 60.
Toshiro Mifune stars as a vagabond samurai on a path to recapture his pride. In his memoir, Something Like An Autobiography, Akira...
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