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The Enigmatic Terrence Malick

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Jeffrey Overstreet

28 May 2010
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Terrence Malick

The long, long wait for Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life continues, and I'm enjoying every delicious day of suspense.

In the meantime, here's one of the more substantial articles about it that I've seen.

And I love this bit:

The Thin Red Line, The New WorldThe Tree of LifeBadlands
The Generosity (or, why we’re celebrating Luci Shaw’s 97th birthday anyway)

The Generosity (or, why we’re celebrating Luci Shaw’s 97th birthday anyway)

In memoriam: Luci N. Shaw, 1928–2025.
10 Jan 2026 12 min read
Sending out a New Year’s SOS, and making a resolution

Sending out a New Year’s SOS, and making a resolution

An update regarding my recent absence, and a resolution — despite my soul’s fatigue — to keep on keepin’ on.
10 Jan 2026 3 min read
First (and second) impressions of Sinners

First (and second) impressions of Sinners

Sinners is a film of two halves: daytime and nighttime. The first half is colorful, epic, and full of surprises; the second is shadowy, violent . . . and disappointing.
31 Dec 2025 13 min read
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