Posts Tagged ‘Tom Waits’
Film Review – The Old Man & the Gun (Second Take)
When first viewing David Lowery’s The Old Man & The Gun, it is easy to regard film and film-festival icon Robert Redford’s supposed final film as an ode to all his classic performances of heist-man and hustler, outlaw and gunfighter and smooth talker and electric…
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Film Review – The Old Man & the Gun
The Old Man & the Gun is the newest film from director and screenwriter David Lowery. Lowery has taken the true story of bank robber Forrest Tucker (based on a New Yorker article by David Grann) and molded it into a delightful and charming film…
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Film Review – Mojave
An angry white man of privilege decides to go the desert to work out some issues when he sparks a cat and mouse rivalry with a drifter in writer, director William Monahan’s Mojave. Best known for his screenplay for The Departed (2006), previously wrote and…
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Concert Review – An Evening with Randy Newman
Randy Newman brought his piano and his caustic wit to the Summer ZooTunes concert series at the Woodland Park Zoo. On a beautifully balmy Wednesday night, the mostly white-haired crowd gathered to witness the great songwriter alone on stage as he played songs from his…
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Film Review – Seven Psychopaths
In 2008, writer/director Martin McDonagh made In Bruges. This was a smart and unique film that was both dramatic and comedic in equal measure. It was so well done that it earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. With his latest, Seven Psychopaths…
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MacGuffin Roundtable #10 – Down By Law
The MacGuffin crew discuss Down By Law, from director Jim Jarmusch and starring Tom Waits. This episode can be played online via the flash player below or it can be downloaded from here. It is available on iTunes, Zune, and Stitcher.
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