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The Tree of Life

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More worthwhile reading on The Avengers and The Tree of Life

There are so many reviews and commentaries on The Avengers out there, it's kind of ridiculous. But that doesn't mean you won't find some sharp needles in the haystack. Here are a couple that I found particularly, um... sharp. Anthony Lane in The New

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Oscars, Schmoscars.

Look what Roger Ebert's adding to his Ten Greatest Films list. Someday, I should consolidate all of my various reviews of this film into one, since my thoughts about it change every time I see it. And isn't that what great art does? Isn't

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"There are three ways through life..."

The Scriptures say that "all creation groans" until God remakes the world. Today, all creation is groaning a little louder. Why? I'll tell you why... Feast your eyes on the greatest trailer for the greatest movie never made based on a celebrated literary journal.

Emmanuel Lubezki

indieWire: One Best Picture nominee "towers above the rest."

Matt Zoller Seitz and Serena Bramble have crafted a wonderful video essay on one of the nine films nominated for Best Picture. And you've gotta love the comments. But wait, there's more. Emmanuel Lubezki, the cinematographer, is talking to Anne Thompson about the film here. "

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Listen to a podcast discussion of The Tree of Life at The Kindlings Muse.

Here's the podcast recording of the discussion I had about Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life at The Kindlings Muse with Jennie Spohr and Dr. Chris Chaney. And if you're interested in attending one of these discussions live, come next Monday evening as the

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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

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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

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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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Here We Go Again: Malick and "The Tree of Life"

I know, I know, I'm late to this party. But I'm not really. I reported on Terrence Malick's Tree of Life project ages ago, and was quickly corrected and informed that I was merely perpetuating rumors about a project that was abandoned long ago.