Author Archives: Richard Guzman

Lake Tahoe: The Style of Absence

There’s a lot of absence in Fernando Eimbcke’s odd but ultimately moving film Lake Tahoe. Reason, for one thing, and Plot, at least initially, as well as smooth transitions. Eimbcke simply cuts to black, sometimes staying there many seconds before … Continue reading

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The Freshman: All in the Family?

The Freshman is the one film I’d take to a desert island. It’s my favorite movie—though I know it’s not great—partly because it parodies one of my favorite great movies, The Godfather. Clark Kellogg (Matthew Broderick) goes to NYU as … Continue reading

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6 Days / 49 Films

FILM CENTRAL Second Annual Fall Festival, Sept. 16-21, presents 49 films from 6 states and 16 countries. For the second year in a row North Central College will be one of the four sites of the Fifth Annual Naperville Independent … Continue reading

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