All posts by David Riedel

About David Riedel

  • CINEMA: Freedom of Choice

    Good Time makes superlative cinema out of bad decisions. JACKSON HOLE, WY – There is one quiet scene in Good Time, and it’s the first, as Nick Nikas (co-director Benny Safdie) is asked to play word association with...

    • Posted August 23, 2017
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  • FEATURE: ATTACK OF THE KILLER REBOOTS

    Summer flicks deliver familiar themes and familiar themes. JACKSON HOLE, WY – Last year, I was inspired by the summer’s bumper crop of sequels, prequels and bologna. This year, I’m already tired. That’s because I saw Guardians...

    • Posted May 31, 2017
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  • CINEMA: Mission Impossible

    Silence is a beautiful, complex mix of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. JACKSON HOLE, WY – There’s an old story that one of Martin Scorsese’s New York University professors said his films contained too much Good Friday, and not...

    • Posted January 10, 2017
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  • CINEMA: Christmas Stalkings

    Holiday horror flicks help counterbalance the joy of the season. JACKSON HOLE, WY – What’s to love about Christmas? The rampant commercialization? The long shopping lines and traffic that result from said commercialization? Or putting up with relatives...

    • Posted November 30, 2016
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  • FEATURE: Make it Pop! summer movie preview

    A critic’s take on flicks you’ll remember and some you just won’t wait to forget. JACKSON HOLE, WY – In the summer of 1983, I was 8 years old, and there was one movie that mattered to my...

    • Posted May 31, 2016
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