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Robert Altman
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Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish ListA lot of good movies are still missing from DVD. Here is a list of 25 that PopMatters feels have been unceremoniously left to simply fade away. [24 January 2008] Part 3: The Stellar ‘70sWhen it comes to post-modern moviemaking, everyone stereotypes the Me Decade as the genre's defining moment. In this case -- as illustrated by the 10 films that represent it -- the categorization is more than accurate. [20 June 2007] Dreaming Out Loud: Robert Altman at the IFC CenterRobert Altman's films often reveal in dreams the strangeness of being alive. This more than anything sums up the timeless greatness of Altman at his best, and starts to convey what’s lost when cinema is thought of as commodity rather than art. [4 January 2007] Reviews
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)That a down home jamboree could be interesting to heavy-metal loving middle school students speaks to its wide. [16 October 2006] 
Altman on Altman by David Thompson [editor]Altman has quite an anecdotal history among his faithful. Any book that claims to dig deeper really has to deliver. [20 July 2006]
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)A Prairie Home Companion combines typical Altman strategies, like overlapping dialogue and converging multiple storylines, as well as his fanatical appreciation for the process of creating art. [9 June 2006] 
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)You might call A Prairie Home Companion an unlikely Lindsay Lohan movie. You could also call it the best work she's done, the best work she's likely to do, or the best chance she's had to do good work. 
Robert Altman Collection: Donald Sutherland, Elliot Gould, Robert Duvall, Carol Burnett - PopMattersThis uneven collection is a definite example of the adage 'when he's good, he's very good, but when he's bad, he's very bad'. [25 April 2006] 
Short Cuts (1993)Death, or that state 'beyond natural color', is Short Cuts' common denominator. [14 April 2005] 
The Company (2003)Evocations of life's uncertainty -- an Altman specialty -- simultaneously expose the obstacles the ballet company must overcome in order to mount a production. [22 January 2004] 
The Long Goodbye (1973/2002)Not just empty genre deconstruction, The Long Goodbye dares to ask some very basic questions about the hard-boiled detective hero. [26 September 2002] 
Gosford Park (2001)It is clear about what it is, a study of affect that is also affected. [27 June 2002] 
Gosford Park (2001)It is clear about what it is, a study of affect that is also affected. [1 January 1995] 
Dr. T & The Women (2000)We're stuck, 'Dr. T & The Women' seems to say. Men and women: this is simply how we are. |
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