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filmgabber wrote:So I'm curious as to what straight men will think about this movie.

filmgabber, you are pathologically preoccupied with straight men. :;):

I can relate.

(risking being labelled the self-loathing, neo-criddic:) Changed the way people think? Jayzus. The level of presumptuousness surrounding this film has hit the effing stratosphere. I daresay I almost empathize with that stereotypical "openminded straight" (for instance, Sarah Jessica Parke...

It'll probably get posted on the City Pages movie page the Wednesday before it opens. Just looked over the draft again and, actually, it makes it sound like I liked it more than one star. Of course, that might be partially because I wrote it at the same time as I wrote the review for Yours, Mine &a...

Yeah, I didn't mean I've been waiting on it like I've been wanting an underwhelmed review. Not at all. Just that I've been getting a little skeptical (especially since I'm not a major fan of Ang Lee nor The Wedding Banquet , and admit that in saying he's "respectable" that it should proba...

All better than Popul Vuh's Nosferatu , Eric? I haven't seen it yet... I am so bad. (Rather, I should say I haven't heard it, since I haven't "seen" The Brood yet, either, but have heard the score.) And, yeah, Salem's Lot is a TV movie (my rules are there are no rules, pretty much). That'...

My enthusiasm quickly dimmed when I realized I've seen, like, 20 films from '77. picture Desperate Living (John Waters) Le Fond de l'air est rouge (Chris Marker; 1993 revision) Suspiria (Dario Argento) 3 Women (Robert Altman) Valentino (Ken Russell) director Robert Altman, 3 Women Dario Argento, Su...

I never did quite hit a hundred films last year, but I saw enough to fill out some top categories to my liking, trying (if only faintly) to keep the old NY release date into consideration. Best Picture Bad Education Before Sunset Blissfully Yours Crimson Gold Vera Drake Best Director Pedro Almodova...

Haven't seen Domestic Violence 2; The first one only aired on public television here in the States, and I wouldn't have been able to see that if Damien hadn't made me a copy. (My PBS station either didn't air it at all or I just missed it.) I'm still upset that my VCR timer didn't trip for DV2 a fe...