Film
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The Curator of Schlock #211: The Lazarus Effect
The Curator of Schlock #211 by Jeff Shuster The Lazarus Effect Olivia Wilde goes wild. Live in the now! That’s this year’s motto here at The Museum of Schlock. The Disappointments Room made me realize that schlock isn’t something that exists in the past, but in the present! I think I will spend the rest… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #69: Twelfth Night (1996)
69. Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night (1996) Songs in Shakespeare can be a tricky thing since his texts share lyrics, but not melodies. The normal theatrical approach to these songs is to keep them brief, and not to commit to melodies that are catchy or especially even musical, which kind of defeats the presumed delightful fucking… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #68: Hamlet (1948)
68. Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet (1948) I first saw Olivier’s Hamlet sometime in 1988 or 1989 in my English class as a senior in high school. The film was Shakespearean kryptonite for teenagers: a shaky black and white print of a study of melancholia expressed with exaggerated erudition. The very notion that I should flatter such work with… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #209: Three O’Clock High
The Curator of Schlock #209 by Jeff Shuster Three O’clock High No touchy! No touch! Happy New Year from all of us here at The Museum of Schlock: I, you’re humble curator, John King, the leader of Drunken Odyssey, and Henry Silva, manager of The Museum of Schlock’s new casino, Schlocker’s Wild, set to open in May… Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #14: Nobody from Nowhere
Pensive Prowler #14 by Dmetri Kakmi Nobody from Nowhere I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you Nobody, too? Then there’s a pair of us — don’t tell! They’d banish us, you know. How dreary to be Somebody! How public, like a Frog To tell one’s name the livelong June To an admiring Bog!… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #207: 2017 in Review Part 3D
The Curator of Schlock #207 by Jeff Shuster 2017 in Review Part 3D I didn’t actually see any movies in 3D. Fail. August Wind River Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen star in a non-Avengers movie. I guess you would surmise that they’re playing different characters since this is a non-Marvel related movie and you’d be… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #67: Tromeo and Juliet (1996)
67. Lloyd Kaufman’s Tromeo and Juliet (1996) Last week, the bourgeoisie wet dream that is Carlo Carlei’s Romeo and Juliet so dismayed me that I decided the time had come to try Tromeo and Juliet. From time to time, I review films that may seem tangential to Shakespearean theatre, such as Strange Brew and Gnomeo and Juliet and… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #206: 2017 in Review Part Deux
The Curator of Schlock #206 by Jeff Shuster 2017 in Review Part Deux More movies, more troubles. Your curator continues this week with more impressions of the films of 2017. This was a mistake. I really don’t know what to say about them. But maybe something will come to mind as I plug along. By… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #66: Romeo and Juliet (2013)
66. Carlo Carlei’s Romeo and Juliet (2013) Why does Carlo Carlei’s Romeo and Juliet make me cranky? I think part of the problem is that David Tattersall’s camera is a little too enamored with the posh art direction of Gianpaolo Rifino and Armando Savoia. These Renaissance mansions of Verona make our best museums look like hovels,… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #205: 2017 in Review
The Curator of Schlock #205 by Jeff Shuster 2017 in Review I’m finished. I just can’t anymore! Okay. Maybe that was an overstatement. It’s not a cry for help. Just a little burned out these days. I saw many movies this year, many in the actual movie theater. Was 2017 a good year for movies?… Continue reading
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