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What to Think About Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty: A Dialogue
What to Think About Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty: A Dialogue

Not everything can be really, really good.

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TV/FilmWhat to Think About ArtMay 17, 2022tv, hbo, winning time, john c reilly, adrien brody, basketball, lakers, jerry buss, kareem abdul jabbar, jerry west, wood harris, spencer haywood, jason segal, magic johnson, larry bird, red auerbach, tom brady, boston, celtics, michael jordanComment
What to Think About Titanic: A Dialogue
What to Think About Titanic: A Dialogue

My first time watching the film that sexually awakened my spouse.

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TV/Film, Visual ArtWhat to Think About ArtJanuary 15, 2022film, film criticism, titanic, leonardo di caprio, kate winslet, james cameron, propeller guy, money, monet, picasso, art, painting, drawingComment
What to think about Trainspotting and T2: A Dialogue
What to think about Trainspotting and T2: A Dialogue

On time, nostalgia, and heroin movie tropes.

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TV/FilmWhat to Think About ArtApril 1, 2021trainspotting, ewan mcgregor, danny boyle, scotland, begbie, renton, spud, sickboy, nostalgiaComment
What to Think About The Sound of Music: A Dialogue
What to Think About The Sound of Music: A Dialogue

A dialogue about musical theater, Nazism, religion, and the canon.

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TV/FilmWhat to Think About ArtMarch 8, 2021musical theater, sound of music, julie andrews, nazis, nuns, catholicism, movies Comments
What to Think About Sexy Beast: A Dialogue
What to Think About Sexy Beast: A Dialogue

We discuss a surprisingly funny and moving film.

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TV/FilmWhat to Think About ArtFebruary 2, 2021film, film criticism, sexy beast, ian mcshane, ray winstone, ben kingsley, toxic masculinity Comments
What to Think About Citizen Kane on First Viewing: A Dialogue
What to Think About Citizen Kane on First Viewing: A Dialogue

I had never seen Citizen Kane. Guest blogger my spouse joins me to talk about film criticism and the canon.

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TV/Film, LiteratureWhat to Think About ArtJanuary 10, 2021citizen kane, orson welles, cinema, history, deadwood, there will be blood, newsies, film criticism, canon, chiaroscuro, deep focus, rosebudComment
The Expulsion of Helena Garcia from the Great British Bake Off Has Upset Me for Months and I Can No Longer Enjoy or Endorse the Show
The Expulsion of Helena Garcia from the Great British Bake Off Has Upset Me for Months and I Can No Longer Enjoy or Endorse the Show

I assume my readers are familiar with Great British Bake Off (GBBO), or why would you read this

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TV/FilmWhat to Think About ArtMay 23, 2020GBBO, Helena Garcia, Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Roy Jones Jr, television Comments
"Land of the Stars," a Movie Treatment Written by My Four-Year-Old Daughter During Quarantine

Lightly edited for clarity and with punctuation added.

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Literature, TV/FilmWhat to Think About ArtApril 26, 2020kids, stories, hercules, disney, screenplay, treatment Comment
Ready or Not, the Hollywood Films Hate You
Ready or Not, the Hollywood Films Hate You

A straight-up film review, with a long introduction about the concept of midlist fiction.

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TV/Film, LiteratureWhat to Think About ArtAugust 31, 2019film, ready or not, get out, dead poets society, midlist, fiction, publishing, agents Comment
 
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