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“Oh Hai!” The Room, Cult Films and Togetherness

January 11, 2021 By Aakanksha Gupta Leave a Comment

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The first time I watched The Room, I couldn’t stand it. A friend had recommended the movie, but it was riddled with cheesy dialogue, stilted acting and continuity errors. When it finally reached its conclusion, I let out a breath I didn’t know I’d been holding in. I had no idea what I had just […]

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London Film Festival 2020 Highlights

October 28, 2020 By Søren Hough Leave a Comment

It wasn’t like the last time I’d visited the British Film Institute. The buildings were all the same, massive cubes of concrete sitting along the bank of the Thames. Their façades were aglow with pink and blue lights, as I remembered them last time, glinting off of the river as we crossed Waterloo Bridge. But […]

Movie Review

Planet of the Humans and Climate Change: Muddled, Misinformed or Malevolent?

October 5, 2020 By Søren Hough 1 Comment

Planet of the Humans is a 2020 documentary directed by Jeff Gibbs, executive produced by Michael Moore and distributed by Films for Action. The movie purports to reveal the failures of environmentalists for investing time and activism in green technologies which, according to Gibbs, have not fulfilled their promise for a more sustainable future. You […]

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

February 17, 2020 By Nathan Frontiero Leave a Comment

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J.J. Abrams’ torturous embrace of determinism and nostalgic imagery sinks what might have been a triumphant Star Wars finale.

Television

Hoopleheads: Episode 37 “Deadwood: The Movie” with Emily VanDerWerff

September 11, 2019 By Esther Rosenfield, Søren Hough and Emily VanDerWerff 1 Comment

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Deadwood: The Movie presents an overtly contrasting final message to the one it gave us over a decade ago, each finale borne of its political moment.

Television

Hoopleheads: Episode 36 “Tell Him Something Pretty” with Harry Edmundson-Cornell

August 25, 2019 By Esther Rosenfield, Søren Hough and Harry Edmunson-Cornell 1 Comment

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Deadwood concludes with “Tell Him Something Pretty,” a challenging finale which refuses to give its scrappy underdogs any victory, moral or otherwise.

Television

Hoopleheads: Episode 35 “The Catbird Seat” with Ben Siler

August 18, 2019 By Søren Hough, Esther Rosenfield and Ben Siler 2 Comments

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“The Catbird Seat” releases the pressure valve on Season 3’s tension as the town coalesces on one side of the thoroughfare, Hearst and his goons on the other.

Television

Hoopleheads: Episode 34 “A Constant Throb”

August 4, 2019 By Esther Rosenfield and Søren Hough 2 Comments

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Hoopleheads Podcast: W. Earl Brown pens one of Deadwood’s most focused episodes, “A Constant Throb,” the thrust of which concentrates on Al regaining his faculties in his existential contest with George Hearst.

Television

Hoopleheads: Episode 33 “Amateur Night”

July 27, 2019 By Søren Hough and Esther Rosenfield 1 Comment

“Amateur Night” closes off several storylines as it consolidates its focus on broiling conflict between the camp and George Hearst.

Television

Hoopleheads: Episode 32 “Leviathan Smiles”

July 22, 2019 By Esther Rosenfield and Søren Hough 2 Comments

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Hearst greedily chases new gold mining opportunities, Steve’s horse-minding career comes to an end and the Earps arrive in Deadwood as “Leviathan Smiles.”

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Hoopleheads: Episode 31 “Unauthorized Cinnamon”

July 16, 2019 By Søren Hough

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Hoopleheads: Episode 30 “A Rich Find”

July 7, 2019 By Esther Rosenfield

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Hoopleheads: Episode 29 “A Two-Headed Beast”

June 30, 2019 By Søren Hough

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