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August 8, 2020

Criterion Prediction #253: After Hours, by Alexander Miller

Title: After Hours Year: 1985 Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Linda Fiorentino, Tommy Chong Synopsis: An ordinary data entry worker endures the night from hell after he goes home with a young lady he meets...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

July 30, 2020

Criterion Prediction #252: Taboo, by Alexander Miller

Title: Taboo Year: 1999 Director: Nagisa Oshima Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Tadanobu Asano, Susumu Terajima Synopsis: The elite Shimsengumi are riven by infighting when their various warriors vie for the affections of Kano (Matsuda), a young samurai who joins...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

July 15, 2020

Criterion Prediction #250: Fellini’s Casanova, by Alexander Miller

Title: Fellini’s Casanova Year: 1976 Director: Federico Fellini Cast: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Carmen Scarppita, Clara Algranti Synopsis: Casanova is a fantastical interpretation of Giacomo Casanova’s (Sutherland) life. Much of his trysts and philandering are recounted through his reminiscences while...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

July 8, 2020

Criterion Prediction #249: My Brother’s Wedding, by Alexander Miller

Title: My Brother’s Wedding Year: 1983 Director: Charles Burnett Cast: Everett Silas, Gaye Shannon-Burnett, Jessie Holmes, Ronnie Bell, Sy Richardson Synopsis: While everyone is preparing for his brother’s wedding, Pierce (Silas) must navigate the perils of his life in South...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

July 1, 2020

Criterion Prediction #248: But I’m a Cheerleader, by Alexander Miller

Title: But I’m a Cheerleader Year: 1999 Director: Jamie Babbit Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, RuPaul, Michelle Williams, Cathy Moriarty Synopsis: Despite being a cheerleader with a football player boyfriend on her arm, Megan’s conservative parents suspect she’s a lesbian...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

June 25, 2020

Criterion Prediction #247: Pain and Glory, by Alexander Miller

Title: Pain and Glory Year: 2019 Director: Pedro Almodovar Cast: Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Asier Etxeandia Synopsis: Aging film director Salvador Mallo (Banderas) recollects his life while contending with a late creative in the later days of his...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

June 10, 2020

Criterion Prediction #246: The Watermelon Woman, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Watermelon Woman Year: 1996 Director: Cheryl Dunye Cast: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valerie Walker, Camilia Paglia Synopsis: Cheryl (Dunye), a young, gay, black filmmaker, becomes enamored with a lesser-known actress from the 1930s known as “The Watermelon Woman”...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

May 29, 2020

Criterion Prediction #244: Legend of a Duel to the Death, by Alexander Miller

Title: Legend of a Duel to the Death Year: 1963 Director: Keisuke Kinoshita Cast: Shima Iwashita, Mariko Kaga, Bunta Sugawara, Kinuyo Tanaka Synopsis: Toward the end of WWII, the Sonobe family is relocated from Tokyo to a farming village on...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

May 13, 2020

Criterion Prediction #242: Drunken Master, by Alexander Miller

Title: Drunken Master Year: 1978 Director: Yuen Woo-ping Cast: Jackie Chan, Yuen Hsiao tieng, Hwang Jang-Lee, Dean Shek, Linda Lin, Yuen Woo-ping Synopsis: A rascally young upstart, Wong Fei-hung (Chan), is sent to an elderly kung-fu master to learn his...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

April 15, 2020

Criterion Prediction #238: Sada, by Alexander Miller

Title: Sada Year: 1998 Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi Cast: Hitomi Kuroki, Tsurutaro Kataoki, Norihei Miki, Kippei Shiina Synopsis: A colorfully wound biographical narrative framed around the real life of Sada Abe, chronicling her earlier years as a prostitute, then an aspiring...

Tagged: criterion

Criterion Prediction #253: After Hours, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #252: Taboo, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #250: Fellini’s Casanova, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #249: My Brother’s Wedding, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #248: But I’m a Cheerleader, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #247: Pain and Glory, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #246: The Watermelon Woman, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #244: Legend of a Duel to the Death, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #242: Drunken Master, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #238: Sada, by Alexander Miller

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