Is the magic and the meaning in the movies or ourselves?

“Some aspects of the film have aged severely. The heavy music-track, for example, especially the omnipresent organ tootling, was meant per...

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No explanations for the inexplicableWhy do we feel the need to force meaning upon magic?

By Edward Copeland "Conversations took place in a void, as if words meant nothing or weren't meant to in any case. A sentence, onc...

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If anyone believes these two families should not join together…

By Edward Copeland Has a movie wedding ever gone off without a hitch? Now, some can turn out to be enjoyable messes from the old ( It Happe...

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Everyone understands the language of a bully

By Edward Copeland By the same token, hate, bigotry and intolerance also happen to be among the handful of dialects that don't require ...

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Ben Gazzara (1930-2012)

We've lost yet another of the unofficial John Cassavetes repertory company with the news that the great Ben Gazzara lost his battle wit...

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The Trier of strife

By Edward Copeland As Lars von Trier's Melancholia opens, I thought for a moment that the DVD I was watching wasn't his movie but ...

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