Category Archives: movies

What I Learned From ‘Into The Wild’, The Fourth Time Around

Posted on July 4, 2009 by queerlefty

This is an expanded and revised version of a review that first appeared online in March 2008. This piece was updated July 5, with new paragraphs on the psychoanalytical angle and the possible idealization of Chris McCandless’ destiny. *** It … Continue reading →

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Who The Man, And Other Questions ‘I Love You, Man’ Doesn’t Really Ask

Posted on June 5, 2009 by queerlefty

I’ve been holding off writing about the Paul Rudd/Jason Segel-driven buddy comedy I Love You, Man for several days, in the ultimately fading hope that I would eventually end up liking it. Apart from disclosing that I in fact did … Continue reading →

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In ‘Shortbus’, The Loneliness Of A Subsiding Orgasm

Posted on May 3, 2009 by queerlefty

Don’t you just hate the term sex comedy? One thing is that it comes with associations to several waves of mediocre teen movies (like Porky’s in the 1980’s, or American Pie in the 90’s and 00’s), another is that it’s … Continue reading →

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Consider The Hipster

Posted on April 11, 2009 by queerlefty

Before we begin, I just have to issue a warning: This is yet another essay on Fight Club, David Fincher’s 1999 adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel. You would have my utmost sympathy if, upon knowing this, you stopped reading immediately, … Continue reading →

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With Trailer, Ang Lee’s ‘Woodstock’ Takes Me By Surprise

Posted on March 31, 2009 by queerlefty

You gotta give this to Ang Lee: He never does exactly what you expect him to do. More than many other Hollywood heavies with background in international cinema, Lee has insisted on and succeeded in building a career that lets … Continue reading →

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To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)

Posted on March 20, 2009 by queerlefty

‘We learned more from a three-minute record, baby/than we ever learned in school’ (Bruce Springsteen, No Surrender) With the end of the 2000’s fast approaching, Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous in my opinion is still the best feel good movie of … Continue reading →

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‘The Reader’, or Sexual Encounters Of The Third Reich

Posted on March 18, 2009 by queerlefty

I suspect there’s something about the way I didn’t like Stephen Daldry’s unforgivably dull Holocaust drama The Reader that only serves to further underline all the problems I’m having with it. You’re just not supposed to badmouth a movie whose … Continue reading →

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‘Destricted’ To Audience: ‘Feel Bad’

Posted on March 3, 2009 by queerlefty

Every once in a while I need for something or someone to remind me that my passion for cinema is in some way worth it, and that I’m not a weirdo for devoting so much time to it. I usually … Continue reading →

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‘Milk’, Take Two

Posted on February 27, 2009 by queerlefty

Inspired by the film itself, but also by the perspectives that were raised in response to my review, I rewatched Milk last night, and I still love it. While I’m not going repeat all the points I made the first … Continue reading →

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Harvey Milk, I’m Here To Salute You

Posted on February 21, 2009 by queerlefty

With the Oscars (which we all pretend to ignore, but ultimately don’t) just days away, Gus van Sant’s Milk has finally come to Norwegian movie theaters. For months I’ve been hearing great things about this movie, and over the last … Continue reading →

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