The Audient
Saturday, December 13, 2025

The perils of the long-delayed review

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Welcome to my second straight post in which I express my anxieties about a film I appreciated less than most people, while also getting at a...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

My battle with One Battle

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I think One Battle After Another is a very enjoyable movie. It's funny, it's entertaining, it's full of spark, it's made in...
Monday, December 8, 2025

Audient Zeitgeist: Jack

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This is the final in my bi-monthly 2025 series watching movies I haven't seen that are in the zeitgeist. How do you finish a six-movie s...
Sunday, December 7, 2025

A violation of animation's sacred rivalry

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I don't know a lot of things these days about the behind-the-scenes movements in the film industry -- in part because I don't try to...
Friday, December 5, 2025

Asian racquet sports double feature

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I was going to possibly choose Lurker as the second half of my double feature at the cinema on Wednesday, since I've heard great things...
Monday, December 1, 2025

A change of projector locale

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I didn't originally think I would "take advantage" of my wife being out of town in any way, except maybe leaving some dishes u...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

The annual Netflix movie I'm blocked from streaming

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Tonight I am going to an advanced screening of Nouvelle Vague . Why, you ask, should I have to go to an advanced screening of a movie that...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Margot Kidder plays French Canadian

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I've continued watching the movies Quentin Tarantino discusses in Cinema Speculation , and I haven't had to jam too many of them in ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

The silent rebellion of trying to thwart the inevitable

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I've become contemplative again about firstly the state of film criticism, and secondly my relationship to it. Very contemplative. And m...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Playdate but not Play Dirty

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One of the easiest annual methods of goosing my movie count is to watch everything the streamers offer me. In fact, depending on how you wan...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

I have regrets

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There was simply no way I was going to like Wicked as much on the second viewing. I watched it again last night, realizing only yesterday t...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

Friendship is rare

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Whenever I had thought about finally seeing the Andrew DeYoung-directed Tim Robinson vehicle Friendship , which has gone through a series of...
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Derek Armstrong
Full-time IT guy, part-time film critic. And yes, I do realize that adds up to one-and-a-half "times."
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