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Mon Oncle d'Amerique

Posted by Jonathan Leithold-Patt on May 24, 2013 at 5:20 PM Comments comments (0)



MON ONCLE D'AMÉRIQUE   ***1/2

Alain Resnais

1980



IDEA:  The lives of three French citizens are ex...

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Best of the Decade (60s)

Posted by Jonathan Leithold-Patt on May 20, 2013 at 8:10 PM Comments comments (0)





The 19...
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Mud

Posted by Jonathan Leithold-Patt on April 30, 2013 at 12:30 AM Comments comments (0)



MUD   ***1/2

Jeff Nichols

2013



IDEA:  Two boys come across a mysterious man living on an island in the middle of the Mississippi, and vow to h...

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Les Carabiniers

Posted by Jonathan Leithold-Patt on April 13, 2013 at 12:10 AM Comments comments (0)



LES CARABINIERS   ***1/2

Jean-Luc Godard

1963



IDEA:  Two witless peasant boys are recruited into war, promised they will receive boundless luxuri...

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Mamma Roma

Posted by Jonathan Leithold-Patt on April 5, 2013 at 10:35 PM Comments comments (0)



MAMMA ROMA   ****

Pier Paolo Pasolini

1962



IDEA:  A former prostitute mo...

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A Picture's Worth One Thousand Words 37

Posted by Jonathan Leithold-Patt on March 31, 2013 at 10:40 PM Comments comments (0)

   Jim Jarmusch's Permanent Vacation, 1980
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The Band Wagon

Posted by Jonathan Leithold-Patt on March 30, 2013 at 6:25 PM Comments comments (0)



THE BAND WAGON   ***

Vincente Minnelli

1953



IDEA:  A fading actor decides to make a comeback with a new musical show. Problems arise when ...

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Il Posto

Posted by Jonathan Leithold-Patt on March 15, 2013 at 11:05 PM Comments comments (0)



IL POSTO   ****

Ermanno Olmi

1961



IDEA:  A young man encounters the quirks and perils of working life when...

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I Married a Witch

Posted by Jonathan Leithold-Patt on March 8, 2013 at 8:45 PM Comments comments (0)



I MARRIED A WITCH   ***

René Clair

1942



IDEA:  A witch seeking revenge on the man whose ancestors burned her ...

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A Picture's Worth One Thousand Words 36

Posted by Jonathan Leithold-Patt on March 5, 2013 at 12:35 AM Comments comments (0)

Jay Roach's Austin Powers in Goldmember, 2002
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About the Author


Jonathan Leithold-Patt is a 21-year-old film student at Columbia College Chicago. Besides watching lots and lots of films and writing about them, he is an avid painter.

Devoted to the Movies

Selected Reviews

2001: A Space Odyssey

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

The 400 Blows

A Prophet

A Separation

An Education

Amour

Another Year

Apocalypse Now

The Apu Trilogy

Badlands

The Battle of Algiers

Beasts of the Southern Wild

The Bicycle Thief

Birth

Black Swan

Blue Valentine

Brave

Broadway Danny Rose

Les Carabiniers

Caché

Certified Copy

The Children Are Watching Us

Chungking Express

Claire's Knee

The Class

Climates

C.R.A.Z.Y.

Dancer in the Dark

Deconstructing Harry

Dersu Uzala

The Descendants

Django Unchained

Drive

The Earrings of Madame de...

Exit Through the Gift Shop

The Exterminating Angel

Fata Morgana

The Fighter

Fury

The General

Get Low

Holy Motors

Hugo

The Hurt Locker

I Was Born, But...

The Ides of March

La Jetee

Juliet of the Spirits

Kes

The Kids Are All Right

The King's Speech

The Lady Eve

Late Spring

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Lord of the Rings

Louisiana Story

M

Mamma Roma

Man with a Movie Camera

Martha Marcy May Marlene

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Melancholia

Miller's Crossing

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Mon Oncle

My Life as a Dog

Naked

The Night of the Hunter

Nights of Cabiria

Ninotchka

Oliver Twist

Once Upon a Time in the West

Paisan

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Persona

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Il Posto

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Ratcatcher

The Red Balloon

The Right Stuff

Sátántangó

Seven Chances

Shame

Sister

The Social Network

Solaris

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

The Straight Story

Super 8

Take Shelter

Ten

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tokyo Story

Toy Story 3

The Tree of Life

Tropical Malady

Trouble in Paradise

Ugetsu

Viridiana

Walkabout

Where is the Friend's Home?

The White Ribbon

Witness

X-Men: First Class

Zazie dans le Métro