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Bill Murray

A collection of 4 posts
Film Review

The Jungle Book (2016)

[This post was originally titled "A Mowgli I Can Believe In."] • For the first time in my experience with The Jungle Book — an experience that includes growing up with the 1967 animated Disney film, knowing all the words to all of the songs, and then being surprised by
06 May 2016 9 min read
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What Do 2013's Most Stylish Vampires Have in Common with Johnny Depp, Tom Waits, and Bill Murray?

What do 2013's most stylish vampires have in common with Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, and Bill Murray? A director: Jim Jarmusch.
01 Jun 2013 5 min read
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Cannes 2005 Winners! Dardennes, Jarmusch, and Tommy Lee Jones!

The directors of Rosetta and The Son, two films I dearly love, have just won the coveted Palme D'Or at Cannes for their latest film The Child. America may not know it, the Academy is too narrow-minded to appreciate it, but the Dardennes Brothers are two of the
22 May 2005
Waves of raves for Life Aquatic
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Waves of raves for Life Aquatic

Peppered with CAPITALIZED EXPLETIVES (you've been warned), the early screening “reviews” (better: unedited, sloppy, gushing superlatives) are coming in after a screening of Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, the film I’m more eager to see than anything since The Return of the King.
08 Jun 2004 1 min read
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