A Journal of Film

"The power of art is in a nod of appreciation, though sometimes I puzzle nothing out & the nod is more of a shrug. No, I do not understand this one, but I see it. I take it in. I will think about it. If I sit with this image long enough, this story, I have the hope of understanding something I did not understand before." ~Dorothy Allison

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Madonnas and whores and white racial innocence: An examination of ONCE UPON A TIME IN . . . HOLLYWOOD (Quentin Tarantino, 2019)

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** SPOILERS THROUGHOUT ** I. Prolegomenon: “Once upon a time,” Conservatism, and the Appeal of Nostalgia This isn’t a review. It isn...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)

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The following is a loose transcript of a presentation I gave on Meek’s Cutoff, a film that was part of the Pickford Film Center’s repertory ...

You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

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“Where are we going?” “Wherever you want to go. . . . Where do you want to go?” “I don’t know.” “I don’t know either.” In Alfred Hitchc...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Top of the Lake: China Girl (Jane Campion, 2017)

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Jane Campion’s most recent project, Top of the Lake: China Girl , a follow-up to Top of the Lake (2013), is a 6-hour, episodic journey...

24 Frames (Abbas Kiarostami, 2017)

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The frame holds me. Straining to see beyond, I sleep, caught between tension & peace. In the sleep, I dream, The dream, a window ...
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Landline (Gillian Robespierre, 2017)

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Early in Gillian Robespierre’s new film, Landline, Dana (Jenny Slate), compulsively scratching a poison ivy rash contracted in a not-so-...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) 2017: Reviews for Seattle Screen Scene

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Sami Blood (Amanda Kernell, 2016): Review Finding Kukan (Robin Lung, 2016): Review
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M. Tamminga (@oneaprilday)
Adjunct prof of writing-literature-film at Whatcom Community College. Student of all texts. You can also find me at Seattle Screen Scene (@SeattleScreen on Twitter), where I am a staff writer. http://seattlescreenscene.com/ Or on Letterboxd: http://letterboxd.com/oneaprilday/
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