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Weirding Up the Romance: Cult Classics for V-Day

Posted in Examiner.com, Film, Open Salon, tagged , , , , , , , on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Originally posted on Examiner.com and my Open Salon blog. Why watch the upcoming Valentine’s Day with an overload of trite story lines and actors when you can watch these strange cult films instead? Yes, cult classics can tell stories of romance and sex…Just don’t expect it to be mainstream love. Some of the best romantic [...]

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Oscars 2010 and the Spanish Snub

Posted in Film, International, Open Salon, Rants, tagged , , , , , , on February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Originally posted on my Open Salon blog. When I think of the best foreign films of 2009, the very first film to come to mind is Pedro Almodovar’s Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos). Starring his muse Penelope Cruz and actor Lluis Homar, this Spanish film told the story of love and the love of film [...]

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