PopFilter Goes to the Movies

By Mike Gravagno | September 30, 2013

Blue Jasmine             This year’s submission of Woody Allen’s annual railing against wealthy pseudointellectuals is “Blue Jasmine”, the story of a woman recently single, recently broke, and recently nervously broken-down. The titular Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) moves to San Francisco to live with her adopted sister to recover from the collapse of her life. There, she…

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POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS

By Mike Gravagno | April 24, 2013

POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1979 MANHATTAN      For this installment of PopFilter versus the classics, we present 1979’s Manhattan, co-written, directed, and staring Woody Allen. It also stars Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, and Muriel Hemmingway. Now, pretty much any film student or any pretentious butt-munch at the independent coffee house loves to…

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