Saw Mike Leigh’s new film Another Year last night. Like his previous film Happy-Go-Lucky, it’s a movie that kind of … sneaks up behind you and then clubs you over the head with insight.
For me, Mike Leigh’s best films become a kind of shorthand for key bits of understanding about the crazymaking challenges of […]
Entries Tagged as 'Film'
Another Year
Posted by Dave Awl on January 16th, 2011 at 4:36 pm
The King’s Speech and The Writer’s Prayer
Posted by Dave Awl on January 5th, 2011 at 8:50 am
Tags: Culture · Journal · Film · Books · Theater · Neo-Futurists · Poetry · Fringe · Performance · Writing
Roundup: Spotty Jove and the Return of the Scottish Beaver Edition
Posted by Dave Awl on May 27th, 2008 at 8:45 am
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The Kids Are Hall Right
Posted by Dave Awl on April 20th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Tags: Culture · Comedy · Film · Performance · Kids in the Hall
B-52’s Funplex Roundup
Posted by Dave Awl on April 9th, 2008 at 6:16 am
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The ABC’s of Early 80’s Mo-Romance
Posted by Dave Awl on February 15th, 2008 at 9:04 am
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R.O.U.S.
Posted by Dave Awl on December 18th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
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Force of Hobbit
Posted by Dave Awl on December 18th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
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OMG STFU!
Posted by Dave Awl on December 6th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
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Roundup: Flight of the Humpback Edition
Posted by Dave Awl on November 19th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
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Support the Writers Guild Strike
Posted by Dave Awl on November 7th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
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Roundup: Where All the Corn Cobs Are Edition
Posted by Dave Awl on October 29th, 2007 at 1:36 am
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Coming in November: The History of Chicago Punk on Film
Posted by Dave Awl on October 26th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Tags: Culture · Music · Chicago · New Wave · Film · History · Video · Illinois · Peoria
No Backsies
Posted by Dave Awl on October 24th, 2007 at 11:26 am
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