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Netflix Weekend (10 posts found)
Netflix Weekend 9/19: Fantastic Fest Edition
This week we’ll be highlighting three films that premiered at Fantastic Fest, to give you all a bit of an idea of what the prominent Austin-based film festival is all about. Those three films are There Will Be Blood, Let the Right One In, and I Saw the Devil. ...
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Netflix Weekend 9/5: Werner Herzog Week!
This week we’ll be highlighting three documentaries by our favorite German maestro: Werner Herzog. We begin on a journey to the ends of the earth, as Herzog travels to Antarctica, in Encounters at the End of the World; then travel deep into the earth’s depths...
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Netflix Weekend 8/29: “Let Go Your Earthly Tether”
This week, I’ll be highlighting three films about lovers in existential crises, or as I like to say struggling to “let go your earthly tether”. Just bear with me, ok? This one’s a little more inspired than usual. Our three films are Abbas Kiarostami’s Certifie...
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Netflix Weekend 8/15: Lars von Trier and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
This week I’ll be highlighting a filmmaker whom I have a much more complex relationship with than previous entries: Lars von Trier. Anyone who knows me know that I’m often hot and cold on his work, feeling that at his best, he’s transcendent, and at his worst,...
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Netflix Weekend 8/8: Tarantino Edition
This week we’ll be highlighting three films by Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Jackie Brown. Why, you ask? Because summer is in the dog days of August, and it’s time for a pallet cleanser from the non-stop parade of studio tent-poles, that...
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Netflix Weekend 7/25: Joaquin Phoenix Edition
This week we’ll be highlighting three films starring Joaquin Phoenix, for no real good reason other than that he’s become one of the greatest modern actors of our time.
Let’s take a look at Gladiator first. This film is interesting to me because it’s one I’...
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Netflix Weekend 7/11: Three Films by Richard Linklater
This week we’ll be taking a look at three films by Richard Linklater, in honor of his most recent film, Boyhood, hitting theatres. Those films are Slacker, Waking Life, and Bernie.
Linklater’s first feature film, Slacker, simply just follows a day in the li...
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Netflix Weekend 7/4: AMERICA!
Welcome to Netflix Weekend! Each week I’ll be highlighting three films available to watch on Netflix Instant that (hopefully) share a coherent theme, and why they should be watched.
Since it’s July 4th weekend, I thought we’d take a look at three of the mos...
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Netflix Weekend: Buddy Cops, the Thrill of Discovery, and a Special Anniversary
Welcome to Netflix Weekend! Each week I’ll be highlighting three films available to watch on Netflix Instant that (hopefully) share a coherent theme, and why they should be watched.
In celebration of this weekend’s new releases, How to Train Your Dragon 2 ...
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Netflix Weekend: Two Comedies and Western to watch instead of McFarlane’s Drivel
Welcome to Netflix Weekend! Each week I’ll be highlighting three films available to watch on Netflix Instant Watch that (hopefully) have a coherent theme about them and why they should be watched.
This week we’ll be highlighting three movies you could be w...
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