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Caught Stealing (2025)

September 2, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A rundown between the bases

Posted in ReviewsTagged action, action bronson, austin butler, bad bunny, caught stealing, charlie huston, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, darren aronofsky, film review, laura dern, liev schreiber, matt smith, movie review, new york city, nikita kukushkin, regina king, set in the 90s, Yuri Kolokolnikov, zoe kravitz

Anesthesia (2015)

August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

The plight of the rich and educated

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2010s, 2015, anesthesia, corey stoll, drama, existentialism, film review, glenn close, gretchen mol, hannah marks, infidelity, jessica hecht, k. todd freeman, kristen stewart, michael kenneth williams, movie review, multiple storylines, new york city, sam waterston, tim blake nelson

You’ve Got Mail (1998)

August 25, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Textbook romance

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1998, comedy, dabney coleman, dave chapelle, delia ephron, film review, greg kinnear, heather burns, jean stapleton, meg ryan, movie review, new york city, nora ephron, parker posey, romance, romcom, steve zahn, tom hanks, you've got mail

The Panic In Needle Park (1971)

May 23, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Love: not even once

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1970s, 1971, al pacino, alan vint, drama, drug addiction, drug trade, grimy, jerry schatzberg, joan didion, john gregory dunne, movie review, new york city, richard bright, romance, the panic in needle park

Take Out (2004)

January 17, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Tips for starting a new life

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2000s, 2004, american independent, chinese community, cinema verite, delivery, gig economy, immigrant experience, marginalized community, movie review, new york city, sean baker, shih-ching tsou, take out

An Autumn’s Tale (1987)

December 31, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A Casio keyboard preset melody

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1987, alex law, an autumn's tale, cherie chung, chi-yeuh low, chinese community, chow yun-fat, hong kong, mabel cheung, movie review, new york city, romance

Blue Steel (1990)

July 8, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A cinematic felony

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990, 1990s, action, blue steel, clancy brown, copaganda, elizabeth pena, eric red, gun fetish, gun violence, jamie lee curtis, kathryn bigelow, kevin dunn, movie review, new york city, richard jenkins, ron silver, stalker, tom sizemore

Light Sleeper (1992)

July 7, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Career counseling for drug dealers

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1992, career indecision, dana delany, david spade, disillusion, existentialism, giorgio armani, jane adams, movie review, new york city, paul schrader, sam rockwell, susan sarandon, victor garber, willem dafoe

Working Girls (1986)

June 13, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Sex work really is work

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1986, amanda goodwin, david van tiegham, deborah banks, ellen mcelduff, lizzie borden, movie review, new york city, prostitution, richard leacock, sandra kay, sex work, sex worker, working girls

Hotel Monterey (1972)

June 12, 2024 Mikkel Frederiksen1 Comment

What are we really looking at?

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1970s, 1972, art, chantal akerman, documentary, experimental, hotel, hotel monterey, movie review, new york city, silent documentary

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