About Paul Anthony Johnson

Paul Anthony Johnson commands the eastern division of the Lilliputian Liberation Army. They’re on the march, and they’re coming for you next. Yes, you. You can find his cinematic musings and occasional coded directives at http://letterboxd.com/esoterica/



Author Archives: Paul Anthony Johnson

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“Badlands”: Love Is Strange

May 9th, 2013 | by Paul Anthony Johnson

Film Forum revisits "Badlands," Terrence Malick's strange, beautiful debut and one of the most striking American movies of the '70s


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October Horror Movie Meltdown

October 31st, 2012 | by Paul Anthony Johnson

Journey into abjection with Paul Anthony Johnson this Halloween as he recounts his recent viewings of thirty-one mostly obscure, mostly low-budget horror films, from the good to the bad to the godawful


DVD/Blu-ray

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Anatomy of a Classic

July 26th, 2012 | by Paul Anthony Johnson

Paul Anthony Johnson looks back at Otto Preminger's courtroom thriller "Anatomy of a Murder," now available on DVD and Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection


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Disease, Delusion, and Delight

January 25th, 2012 | by Paul Anthony Johnson

The Museum of the Moving Image is screening the complete films of David Cronenberg from January 21 - February


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Comic Gold

December 22nd, 2011 | by Paul Anthony Johnson

Paul Anthony Johnson reviews Charles Chaplin's 1925 film “The Gold Rush," which is showing from December 23-29 at Film Forum


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The Success of Catastrophe

December 15th, 2011 | by Paul Anthony Johnson

Frank Capra's Christmas-themed 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life" is showing at IFC Center from December 16-


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The Peter Bogdanovich Movie Mystery

October 3rd, 2011 | by Paul Anthony Johnson

“The Last Picture Show” stands as one of the saddest of a series of early '70s elegies for the fading myth of classical Hollywood and the world it sought to flatter


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Culture Schlock

September 16th, 2011 | by Paul Anthony Johnson

"Silent Souls" is art house schlock – thoughtful, pretty, sincere shlock



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