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Sofia Coppola

A collection of 5 posts
Beauty and the rock'n'roll beast: Sofia Coppola's Priscilla
Film Review

Beauty and the rock'n'roll beast: Sofia Coppola's Priscilla

A double-feature of Priscilla and Spencer might be a fascinating study. Or it might seem merely redundant.
07 Mar 2024 12 min read
The Bling Ring (2013)
Film Review

The Bling Ring (2013)

The Bling Ring is a thoughtful and prophetic portrait of a generation obsessed with becoming media gods, exploiting social justice slogans in service of their own social-media avatars.
05 Jul 2020 8 min read
The Beguiled (2017)
Film Review

The Beguiled (2017)

Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock — the 1975 film that set the tonal template for Sofia Coppola's films — is more powerfully present here than in any of her previous work, even The Virgin Suicides. Again, we have women and girls in isolation, imprisoned in a vocabulary
02 Jul 2017 5 min read
On Movies & Media

"Qu'ils mangent de la brioche."

"Let them eat cake." That's a quote commonly attributed to Marie Antoinette, but a quick Google search will teach you that this isn't really the truth. We're not sure who said it. But we can be sure that Roger Ebert took a
22 Oct 2006
Kurt Cobain Rises Again
On Movies & Media

Kurt Cobain Rises Again

☠️2025 Update: This post is past its expiration date. Some of these links may no longer work due to the cruel realities of the Internet’s impermanence. (If you find a solution to the broken link, let me know.) I’m preserving this post for archival purposes. Tidbits: * If you
11 Aug 2004 1 min read
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