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Terrence Malick

A collection of 12 posts

Gadzooks! A Godzilla for Malick Fans?

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Gadzooks! A Godzilla for Malick Fans?

Here are some of the more intriguing paragraphs I've read about Godzilla...

To The Wonder (2012): An All-Thumbs Review

I’ve been dreaming of trying out a new venture in long-form film criticism — reviews as fiction. I plan to write them as speed-writing exercises, fiction published in first-draft form. And I’m dedicating this first episode to… well, you’ll see when you read it.

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Monday Night is Malick Night!

Next Monday evening in Seattle, you're invited to a live podcast discussion of the films of Terrence Malick. You're invited to the Kindlings Muse! Read on for details. Come join us at Hales Pub & Brewery. Enjoy dinner, listen to the discussion, and stir things up

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Sean Penn, The Tree of Life, and the difference between prose and poetry.

The L.A. Times, In Contention, Hollywood Elsewhere... everybody's getting worked up because Sean Penn apparently "dissed" director Terrence Malick and The Tree of Life: I didn’t at all find on the screen the emotion of the script, which is the most magnificent one that

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The Tree of Life: My First Impressions

My first-impression thoughts on The Tree of Life are posted at Image's blog - Good Letters. ... * Part One: "Did You Like It?" * Part Two: A Storm of Poetry

The Tree of Life (2011)

The Tree of Life has quickly become one of the most talked-about movies ever made. And although it isn't my favorite of Terrence Malick's films—that distinction belongs to The New World—I've been invited to discuss this movie on more occasions than any

The New World (2005)

This review was originally published at Christianity Today. A follow-up review was published at Image upon the release of the "extended cut" of the movie.. Both are reproduced below. * The New World - Theatrical Release Review (January 20, 2006) It's all in the eyes. That'

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Where Is My Tree of Life Review?

A lot of folks have been asking why I haven't posted my review of Terrence Malick's new, Palme d'Or-winning film The Tree of Life. I appreciate the enthusiasm. My zeal for Malick's film The New World may have created the impression that

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How Great is Ayn Rand? David Bentley Hart... Shrugs.

In the current issue of First Things, David Bentley Hart delivers a memorable rant on Rand. What does this have to do with Terrence Malick? Read on! Hart writes: Atlas ShruggedThe Tree of Life Do not go to see Atlas Shrugged. Do not encourage those people. Go instead to The

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"Unless you love, your life will flash by..."

Here comes what may well be the most memorable movie event of 2011 for me... Malick's films don't make good movie trailers. Pretty pictures and perfume-commercial poetry. I'll love the film. I kind of hate the trailer. Just release the movie!

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The Enigmatic 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

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Terrence Malick is Working on a Third Film for 2010?

Must. Remain. Calm. So I can type this properly. It began with a report from Nikki Finke. It continued with a /film report: Terrence Malick is working on another movie. Nikki Finke’s rather breathless report (she says “he’s written and directed” the film) is light on details beyond