The Contrarian Collector: To NFT or Not to NFT
What do Uber, Wallstreetbets, and NFT’s have in common? Perhaps more than we think. NFT’s (Non Fungible Tokens) are all
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The Contrarian Collector: The Pros And Cons Of Selling Versus Trading Original Art
If you’re thinking of letting a page of art go so you can get something new, should you sell it
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The Contrarian Collector: The Artwork Of David Roach
I probably would not have met David Roach if not for a mishap during the summer of 2014. I was
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TV Review: ‘The Righteous Gemstones’
HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones is the latest Danny McBride HBO vehicle after Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals. Eastbound &
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The Contrarian Collector: Discussing Original Art From ‘Action Comics’ #662
I should have written this up in time for Valentine’s Day, but better late than never. I gave up collecting
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And Now For Something Completely Python: Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus
A quick typing of ‘Monty Python’ into the search bar on Netflix will drag up: Monty Python and the Holy
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The Souls Of Brown Folk: Reviewing Netflix’s ‘The White Tiger’
Ramin Bahrani’s The White Tiger adapts Aravind Adiga’s 2008 Man Booker Prize winning novel. The novel itself, published as a
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Television Review: Scorsese’s ‘Pretend It’s A City’ is Wryly Captivating
In Martin Scorsese’s documentary miniseries Pretend It’s A City, the famed director basically puts a mike on Fran Lebowitz and
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Review: ‘The Godfather Coda – The Death of Michael Corleone’ Is A Case For Unnecessary Tinkering
Francis Ford Coppola’s new cut of The Godfather, Part III – Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone – will come
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Vintage Triple Bill: The Ghost of Christmas Films Past
Christmas can be a time of repetitive X-Mas classics: It’s A Wonderful Life, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, various Grinch
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Review: Fincher’s Foray Into The Past Produces The Mercurial ‘Mank’
David Fincher’s latest film, Mank, is a portrait of famed screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and the director’s first feature film in something
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Deepa Mehta Metastasizes Her Mistakes In Mangled Adaptation Of ‘Funny Boy’
Funny Boy, directed by Deepa Mehta (no relation to the 1968 film Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand), is Canada’s entry for
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Vintage Double Bills: ‘Blue Collar’ And ‘Bread & Roses’
Americans have always had a contentious relationship with unions. People associate them with socialism. And in the 70s, especially after
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Review: ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
The Borat sequel Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, or Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit
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Vintage Double Bills: ‘The Lady From Shanghai’ and ‘Body Heat’
The Lady From Shanghai (1947) is a well known noir by Orson Welles although it’s not as well known as
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Vintage Double Bills: ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ And ‘Network’
Two notable works by Sidney Lumet that make an excellent pairing are Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Network (1976). A
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Vintage Double Bills: ‘Single White Female’ and ‘The Cable Guy’
Single White Female (1992) is a thriller directed by Barbet Schroeder. It stars Bridget Fonda as the eponymous young women
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Film Review: ‘Tenet’ Moves Forward And Backwards Through Christopher Nolan’s Career
Christopher Nolan‘s new film Tenet is about an unnamed CIA operative (John David Washington) — referred to only as “The
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Will Theatrical Films Survive The 2020s?
What will become of theatrically run movies? The blending between the forms of television and film is a phenomenon we
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Going To The Movies In Canada After The Lockdown
Movie theatres were allowed to open in Toronto this past Friday, July 31st. People have been anticipating the ability to
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Film Review: Jay Baruchel’s ‘Random Acts of Violence’
Jay Baruchel‘s Random Acts of Violence is a horror movie that gets stuck somewhere on the road between a deconstruction
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A Voyage Into The Heart Of Dorkness: 2019, NYCC, And 2020 Resolutions
“I have no opinion on that point, but I want you to clearly understand that there was nothing profitable
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Review: Palimpsest Is A Graphic Novel That You Must Read
Lisa Wool-Rim Sjoblom‘s memoir Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption from D&Q is an excellent polemic. It makes the
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When I’m 63: A Review Of Michael Apted’s 63 Up
The new instalment in Michael Apted‘s Up series, 63 Up, is excellent. This series of documentaries, which started with
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Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story Is Simply Astounding
Marriage Story, the new film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, is simply one of the best films of
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Doctor Sleep Is A Soporific Sequel To The Shining
I always meant to read Stephen King‘s sequel to his classic 1977 novel The Shining but never did — perhaps
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Review – Terminator: Dark Fate Consigns Its Franchise To A Fate Worse Than Its Title
Duh Nah Dun Dun Nah Duh Nah Dun Dun Nah When you hear those portentous hammer blows creep across
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Review: ‘Cursed’ Is Blessed With A Strong Dose Of Frank Miller
In what seemed like a left turn in Frank Miller‘s storied career, it was announced that he would be
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Pedro Almodovar’s Pain & Glory is Sweet & Melancholic
Pedro Almodovar‘s new film Pain and Glory (or Dolor y Gloria in Spanish) is a lovely paean to filmmaking,
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A Slower, Sweeter Goodfellas: Scorsese’s New Film The Irishman is Extremely Satisfying
At three and a half hours in length (with no intermission), I expected that the sold out cinema audience
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Review: The Lighthouse is Anything But Light
The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers‘ second feature film (the first being the outstanding The Witch), is not going to appeal to
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