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A Dilettante TV & Film Review

This podcast uses widely accessible works of art in film and television to discover truths about the human condition that are symbolically reflected in the culture captured within each work. This podcast also reviews the quality of the work in creating its symbolism and in the truth it attempts to convey.

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#54 Goodbye World Movie Review

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2014/08/29

Available on Netflix streaming. After the world's energy grid suddenly fails, some longtime friends find their way to a self-sufficient compound in Northern California. As their sanctuary comes under threat from desperate outsiders, the group's unity begins to dissolve. Grade: B-

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#53 Out of the Furnace Movie Review

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2014/08/28

Available on Netflix streaming. Working-class siblings Russell and Rodney Baze are desperate to flee the Rust Belt and find better lives. But when a twist of fate lands Russell in jail, Rodney gets mixed up with a crime syndicate -- and their brotherly bond is soon put to the test. Grade: B

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#52 Last Love Movie Review

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2014/08/21

Available on Netflix streaming. A widowed professor living alone in Paris sees no meaningful future for himself until he meets a free-spirited young dance instructor. Grade: B-

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#51 House of Cards TV Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/08/21

Available on Netflix streaming. A ruthless politician will stop at nothing to conquer Washington D.C. in this Emmy and Golden Globe winning political drama. Grade: B+

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#50 Inside Llewyn Davis Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/08/13

Available at Redbox. Llewyn Davis is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles - some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, scaring up what work he can find, Llewyn's misadventures take him from the baskethouses of the Village to an empty Chicago club - on an odyssey to audition for a music mogul - and back again. Grade: B+

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#49 C.O.G. Movie Review

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2014/08/13

Available on Netflix streaming. Based on a short story by David Sedaris, this comedy follows the brash young author as he travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. The journey exposes him to all sorts of culture clashes, but what awaits him at the farm is far worse. Grade: B+

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#48 Stuck in Love Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/08/06

Available on Netflix Streaming. This quirky tale follows a year in the lives of the Borgens clan, which is in a tailspin thanks to the family patriarch's obsession with his ex-wife. Grade: C

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#47 Albert Nobbs Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/07/18

Having for decades disguised herself as a man while working as a butler in a posh 19th-century Dublin hotel, a woman calling herself Albert Nobbs reconsiders her charade when a handsome painter arrives on the scene.

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#46 Blue Jasmine Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/07/18

The high life leads to high anxiety for a fashionable New York City homemaker in crisis who finds herself forced to live a more modest lifestyle in San Francisco. Woody Allen directs an ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin.

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#45 Annie Hall Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/07/18

Available on Netflix streaming. Winner of four Oscars -- including Best Picture and Best Actress -- director Woody Allen's iconic romantic comedy charts the relationship between neurotic writer Alvy Singer and quirky aspiring singer Annie Hall.

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#44 Louie TV Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/07/18

Written and directed by comic Louis C.K. -- who plays a fictionalized version of himself -- this FX series eschews sitcom structure for a loose format that lets single dad Louie be his irascible self -- through vignettes, club performances and more.

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#43 Natural Selection Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/07/18

Asked by her dying husband to locate a boy he fathered through a sperm donation decades ago, a repressed housewife sets out on a wild road trip, shedding her strict morals and making an unlikely connection with her husband's troubled son.

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#42 Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/07/18

A self-absorbed young American traveling in Chile plans a journey with his pals to find a legendary hallucinogenic cactus. But when he invites the free-spirited Crystal Fairy along, they find themselves locked in a battle of wills.

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#41 Punching the Clown Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/07/18

In a bid to jump-start his flagging career, a hapless songwriter (Henry Phillips) moves to L.A., where through a stroke of dumb luck, he lands a record deal. But show biz is a fickle mistress, and that luck soon turns when he becomes the victim of a vicious rumor. Winner of the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival, this indie comedy -- directed by Gregori Viens -- co-stars Ellen Ratner and Matthew Walker.

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2:29

Programming Update

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/07/17

The rate of Netflix streaming churn is very high, to the point where I will be focusing the show exclusively on exploring new releases on Netflix streaming, versus exploring film & shows available on the entire Netflix streaming platform to find gems.

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#40 American Psycho Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/06/27

Available on Netflix DVD. With a chiseled chin and physique, Patrick Bateman's looks make him the ideal yuppie -- and the ideal serial killer. Bateman takes pathological pride in his business card and his CD collection, all while plotting his next victim's vivisection. Grade: A-

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#39 Capote Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/06/18

Available on Netflix DVD. The toast of New York City society after penning "Breakfast at Tiffany's," flamboyant writer Truman Capote finds himself in a dance with the devil while researching the Clutter family murders for his masterwork, "In Cold Blood." Grade: B+

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#38 Dogtooth Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/05/28

Available on Netflix DVD. Homeschooled siblings who grow up cut off from society create an idyllic alternate universe, which is shattered when their father lets in an outsider -- a female security officer brought home to satisfy his son's libido. Grade: B+

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#37 Young Adult Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/05/16

Available on Netflix DVD. Taken aback when she receives a letter from an old boyfriend announcing that he's just had a baby with his wife, divorced fiction writer Mavis Gary decides to return to her small hometown and reconnect with her former lover. Grade: A-

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#36 Miller's Crossing Movie Review

A Dilettante TV & Film Review ·

2014/04/17

Available on Netflix DVD. Trusted adviser to 1920s Irish crime boss Lee O'Bannon, Tom Reagan's loyalty is tested when he takes up with O'Bannon's gal pal, Verna Bernbaum. Meanwhile, rivals Johnny Caspar and Eddie Dane threaten O'Bannon's racket. Grade: A-

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