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June 12, 2019

Criterion Prediction #195: Querelle, by Alexander Miller

Title: Querelle Year: 1982 Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Paul Davis, Franco Nero, Gunther Kaufmann Synopsis: This loose adaptation of Jean Genet’s Querelle of Brest follows Georges Querelle, a drug smuggling sailor with dangerous tendencies spending time in...

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June 5, 2019

Criterion Prediction #194: Drugstore Cowboy, by Alexander Miller

Title: Drugstore Cowboy Year: 1989 Director: Gus Van Sant Cast: Kelly Lynch, Matt Dillon, Heather Graham, James Le Gros, Max Perlich, James Remar, William Burroughs, Grace Zabriskie Synopsis: Bob and his crew of dopers cruise around early 1970s Portland, Oregon...

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May 29, 2019

Criterion Prediction #193: The Sorrow and the Pity, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Sorrow and the Pity Year: 1969 Director: Marcel Ophüls Cast: Jacques Duclos, Anthony Eden, Georges Bidault, Matthäus Bleibinger Synopsis: A detailed chronicle consisting of stock footage and interviews with individuals who were on the different sides of France...

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May 22, 2019

Criterion Prediction #192: Los Angeles Plays Itself, by Alexander Miller

Title: Los Angeles Plays Itself Year: 2003 Director: Thom Anderson Synopsis: A detailed chronicle that examines the relationship between the famed California city and the varied ways it’s represented in the movies. Anderson’s exhaustive research unveils countless films and filmmakers...

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May 14, 2019

Criterion Prediction #191: I Am Cuba, by Alexander Miller

Title: I Am Cuba Year: 1964 Director: Mikhail Kalatozov Cast: Sergio Corrieri, Luz Maria Collazo, Jose Gallardo, Jean Bouise Synopsis: I Am Cuba is built of four contrasting stories that shine a light on varied but consistent struggles of the...

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May 10, 2019

Criterion Prediction #190: Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, by Alexander Miller

Title: Flavor of Green Tea over Rice Year: 1952 Director: Yasujirô Ozu Cast: Michiyo Kogure, Shin Saburi, Kôji Tsuruta, Chikage Awashima, Keiko Tsushima Synopsis: Mokichi (Saburi) and Taeko (Kogure) are in the throes of an unhappy marriage. Their niece, Setsuko,...

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May 2, 2019

Criterion Prediction #189: Unknown Pleasures, by Alexander Miller

Title: Unknown Pleasures Year: 2003 Director: Jia Zhangke Cast: Wei Wei Zhao, Qiong Wu, Zhao Tao, Qing Feng Zhou Synopsis: Xiao Ji (Wu) and Bin Bin (Wei Zhao) are two aimless loners from China’s Shanxi province whose lives are turned...

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April 24, 2019

Criterion Prediction #188: Bringing Up Baby, by Alexander Miller

Title: Bringing Up Baby Year:1938 Director: Howard Hawks Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Catlett, May Robson Synopsis: A bookish paleontologist, Dr. Huxley (Grant), is working tirelessly to reconstruct the skeleton of a brontosaurus. However, things get sticky two days...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

April 22, 2019

Criterion Prediction #187: The Elephant Man, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Elephant Man Year: 1980 Director: David Lynch Cast: John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, John Gielgud Synopsis: Dr. Traves (Hopkins), a surgeon, rescues a deformed man from an abusive and degrading freakshow. As Traves studies the deformities, he...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

April 10, 2019

Criterion Prediction #186: Mahler, by Alexander Miller

Title: Mahler Year: 1974 Director: Ken Russell Cast: Robert Powell, Lee Montague, Georgina Hale, Miriam Karlin Synopsis: A colorful interpretation of the life and work of Gustav Mahler, told through a series of interpretive flashbacks. Critique: When it comes to...

Category: criterion predictions

Criterion Prediction #195: Querelle, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #194: Drugstore Cowboy, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #193: The Sorrow and the Pity, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #192: Los Angeles Plays Itself, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #191: I Am Cuba, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #190: Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #189: Unknown Pleasures, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #188: Bringing Up Baby, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #187: The Elephant Man, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #186: Mahler, by Alexander Miller

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