THE SECRET GARDEN (1993) – FINDING THE MAGIC IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Disclaimer: This was one of my favorite films as a kid, and reviewing it as an adult, I found very little to fault it for! The Secret Garden is based on the Frances Hodgson Burnett book of the same name, with the screenplay by Caroline Thompson, who also wrote many screenplays for Tim Burton — Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Corpse Bride. The film follows Mary Lennox … Continue reading THE SECRET GARDEN (1993) – FINDING THE MAGIC IN EVERYDAY LIFE

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“THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO”: Tattooed Heroine Metes Out Slick, Punitive Violence

Tiny as a sparrow, fierce as an eagle, Lisbeth Salander is one of the great Scandinavian avengers of our time, an angry bird catapulting into the fortresses of power and wiping smiles off the faces of smug, predatory pigs. The animating force in Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” trilogy — incarnated on screen first by Noomi Rapace and now, in David Fincher’s adaptation of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” by Rooney Mara — Lisbeth is an outlaw feminist fantasy-heroine, and also an avatar of digital antiauthoritarianism. Continue reading “THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO”: Tattooed Heroine Metes Out Slick, Punitive Violence

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Dancer In The Dark (2000)

Some reasonable people will admire Lars von Trier’s “Dancer in the Dark,” and others will despise it. An excellent case can be made for both positions. Continue reading Dancer In The Dark (2000)

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