Author: tederick
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Destroy All Monsters: Ben Solo Was The Key To The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, And JJ Abrams Never Noticed
For no reason whatsoever, I wrote 3,000 words about Ben Solo yesterday. Well, here they are.
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Death and transformation at the Toronto International Film Festival
At some point during the 45th Toronto International Film Festival (our first hybrid digital/live event, and the latest in a stream of such styles of festival that will likely be the industry-dominant model for the foreseeable future), we passed the six month mark of Toronto’s pandemic isolation.
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Blu-Ray Review: Claire Denis’ BEAU TRAVAIL Is A Last, Best Dance
The new 4K restoration is touring cinemas and digital platforms now, but you want this in your collection. Read more
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Fury Road update #10
Some words about the death of Chadwick Boseman in this month’s update that is (at least theoretically) still about the book. Read more
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Draft Zero LIVE Episode 8: Fury Road
My retirement from podcasting was short-lived, and/or I couldn’t resist getting a shot to be on Draft Zero, one of a handful of podcasts I truly can’t live without. We discussed of course, Mad Max: Fury Road, which means a lot of what I wrote about in the book came into play. Listen in:
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Fury Road update #9
Hello Kickstarters. I hope you’ve all been having a decent summer — I know it’s been strange and rough, and (as I quipped on twitter the other night) is more like being stuck in the midst of the longest winter of our lives than anything “warm.” Still: we’ll get there, even if it means turning…
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Blu-ray Review: Criterion Paints a PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Have we changed how we see, or has what we see changed? Every few years I see a film that was captured digitally, and I’m thrown back to the early days of the format, when the proto-Christopher Nolans of the world would tell any interviewer they could get their hands on that electronic media could…
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Fury Road update #8
Good morning, friends and supporters. Or afternoon, or evening, or midnight, depending on where you are in the world. The last month has not been great. Read more
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Resources, donation links, actions you can take
Sharing some of the resources I’ve collected in the past ten days. Wherever possible I’ve credited the creator of the resource. For donation links, I have made an effort to personally vet. I will continue to update these lists.
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Fury Road update #7
I called it a bit early on Thursday, because even though the last of the single books had sold out, there were still even more generous people who threw their support behind The Cinema of Survival in the closing hours of the campaign. So: welcome, all of you; and thank you, alllllllllll of you. Read…